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Re: What is the correct way of handling generated docs?
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz |
Subject: |
Re: What is the correct way of handling generated docs? |
Date: |
30 Dec 2001 16:14:24 +0100 |
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>>> "Bruce" == Bruce Korb <address@hidden> writes:
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Bruce> Without endlessly convoluted change (dependency) checks,
Bruce> the docs get rebuilt causing the .info to be rebuilt
Bruce> causing distcheck to choke. So, without distcheck
Bruce> changes, it is necessary to avoid trying to update the
Bruce> .info file during distcheck, but not at other times.
You you elaborate on why the docs get rebuilt during distcheck?
Which dependencies cause that?
Bruce> Even worse, though, is that if there is no .texi file,
Bruce> then *ALL* the texinfo building stuff assumes that there
Bruce> is no documentation.
That's another issue, isn't it? What do you think about this
unanswered bug report:
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/bug-automake/2001/msg00423.html
(personally I'd vote for solution 5)
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz