LYNX-DEV Re: 2.8pre.5: install-help

[T.E.Dickey]

> > > I build 2.8pre.5 on Linux.
> > > "Make install" now not copying help-files as it was before
> > > but (sic!) localhelpfile path enabled in generated lynx.cfg.
> > That would be tricky to get around: when you install lynx.cfg, there's
> > no notion that you might not be installing the help files as well.
> >
> It is a broken behavior above.
> Upon installation we should
> (1) have http helpfile path in lynx.cfg enabled
> or (2) install helpfiles locally and enable local path...
> 
> "make install-help" should change lynx.cfg in appropriate place, certainly.
I think I see what you are proposing (that is relatively simple, involving
a change only to makefile.in).
 
> > > I propose to install help on default by "make install"
> > > (extra 200K for 1M program should not be the problem)
> > > and add a word in INSTALLATION about "install-no-help"
> > I don't know - I thought we'd reached a compromise on that (anyone else?)
> There were complains about installing help since ~ac115 ?
> I haven't notice that.
I just checked ac# versus date: ac115 is 19 Feb, while the "make install-help"
change is from ac104 or ac105, around 5 Jan.

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