[PULL] linuxdoc, other build fixes
Peter Hutterer
peter.hutterer at who-t.net
Mon Apr 26 22:48:07 PDT 2010
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 07:12:54PM -0700, Keith Packard wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:48:42 -0500, "Yaakov (Cygwin/X)" <yselkowitz at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> > Keith,
> >
> > Please note that the "dmx: Ignore linuxdoc generated docs" patch will
> > force those running 'make dist' (primarily you and whot) to have a
> > working linuxdoc installation. If that requirement is not desirable,
> > then adding just the .gitignore part of that patch will still be helpful
> > for those working from git.
>
> I think that git shouldn't contain any bits generated automatically as a
> part of the usual build process. However, I'd love to know if whot has
> issues with requiring 'linuxdoc' as a part of the 'make distcheck' process.
no complaints here. If it can be generated, it should be generated,
regardless of the dependencies required (within reason, of course).
Please document this somewhere on the wiki though, because I'm sure it will
come up at some point as a question on the list :)
Cheers,
Peter
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