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bitcoin-mirror/contrib/devtools/gen-manpages.py
fanquake e9536faaee contrib: fix manpage generation
0972f55040 from #33229 broke manpage
generation, because the assumption that the last word in the line
containing the version number, was the version number, no-longer holds
for some binaries. i.e bitcoind.
2025-12-03 10:10:54 +00:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Copyright (c) 2022 The Bitcoin Core developers
# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
import os
import re
import subprocess
import sys
import tempfile
import argparse
BINARIES = [
'bin/bitcoin',
'bin/bitcoind',
'bin/bitcoin-cli',
'bin/bitcoin-tx',
'bin/bitcoin-wallet',
'bin/bitcoin-util',
'bin/bitcoin-qt',
]
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
)
parser.add_argument(
"-s",
"--skip-missing-binaries",
action="store_true",
default=False,
help="skip generation for binaries that are not found in the build path",
)
args = parser.parse_args()
# Paths to external utilities.
git = os.getenv('GIT', 'git')
help2man = os.getenv('HELP2MAN', 'help2man')
# If not otherwise specified, get top directory from git.
topdir = os.getenv('TOPDIR')
if not topdir:
r = subprocess.run([git, 'rev-parse', '--show-toplevel'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, check=True, text=True)
topdir = r.stdout.rstrip()
# Get input and output directories.
builddir = os.getenv('BUILDDIR', os.path.join(topdir, 'build'))
mandir = os.getenv('MANDIR', os.path.join(topdir, 'doc/man'))
# Verify that all the required binaries are usable, and extract copyright
# message in a first pass.
versions = []
for relpath in BINARIES:
abspath = os.path.join(builddir, relpath)
try:
r = subprocess.run([abspath, "--version"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, check=True, text=True)
except IOError:
if(args.skip_missing_binaries):
print(f'{abspath} not found or not an executable. Skipping...', file=sys.stderr)
continue
else:
print(f'{abspath} not found or not an executable', file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
# take first line (which must contain version)
output = r.stdout.splitlines()[0]
# find the version e.g. v30.99.0-ce771726f3e7
search = re.search(r"v[0-9]\S+", output)
assert search
verstr = search.group(0)
# remaining lines are copyright
copyright = r.stdout.split('\n')[1:]
assert copyright[0].startswith('Copyright (C)')
versions.append((abspath, verstr, copyright))
if not versions:
print(f'No binaries found in {builddir}. Please ensure the binaries are present in {builddir}, or set another build path using the BUILDDIR env variable.')
sys.exit(1)
if any(verstr.endswith('-dirty') for (_, verstr, _) in versions):
print("WARNING: Binaries were built from a dirty tree.")
print('man pages generated from dirty binaries should NOT be committed.')
print('To properly generate man pages, please commit your changes (or discard them), rebuild, then run this script again.')
print()
with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile('w', suffix='.h2m') as footer:
# Create copyright footer, and write it to a temporary include file.
# Copyright is the same for all binaries, so just use the first.
footer.write('[COPYRIGHT]\n')
footer.write('\n'.join(versions[0][2]).strip())
# Create SEE ALSO section
footer.write('\n[SEE ALSO]\n')
footer.write(', '.join(s.rpartition('/')[2] + '(1)' for s in BINARIES))
footer.write('\n')
footer.flush()
# Call the binaries through help2man to produce a manual page for each of them.
for (abspath, verstr, _) in versions:
outname = os.path.join(mandir, os.path.basename(abspath) + '.1')
print(f'Generating {outname}')
subprocess.run([help2man, '-N', '--version-string=' + verstr, '--include=' + footer.name, '-o', outname, abspath], check=True)