Allow user to specify version

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 929ca2e..4285a82 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@ INDEX_FILE      = $(RESOURCES_DIR)/docSet.dsidx
 #ICON_FILE       = $(DOCSET_DIR)/icon.png
 ARCHIVE_FILE    = $(DOCSET_NAME).tgz
 
+ifdef VERSION
+MANUAL_URL  = https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/ncurses-$(VERSION).tar.gz
+else
 MANUAL_URL  = https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/ncurses.tar.gz
+endif
+
 MANUAL_ARCHIVE = tmp/ncurses.tar.gz
 MANUAL_SRC = tmp/ncurses-*
 MANUAL_PATH = ncurses-*/doc/html
diff --git a/README b/README
index 4f6f2c1..69c98be 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ To generate a docset from the latest edition of ncurses, simply
 execute `make` from the same directory as this README file. The latest edition
 will be downloaded from www.invisible-island.net and packaged appropriately.
 
+A specific version can also be downloaded and packaged by running `make VERSION=...`.
+
 Requirements:
 
 - any POSIX-compliant shell