Re: gEDA: Patches for PCB automake/autoconf system

[Dan McMahill <dan-at-NOSPAMmcmahill_dot_net>]

On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 02:09:02PM -0400, Stuart Brorson wrote:
> > > 2.  PCB's docs need TeX/LaTeX to convert the .texi docs to .pdf and
> > > .dvi.  RH9 doesn't install TeX/LaTeX as part of a vanilla install.
> > > Again, don't ask me why; I'm just (writing) the installer.
> > > 
> > > I have fixed this problem by putting checks into PCB's configure.in
> > > and Makefile.am which look for a tex installation, and then just don't
> > > build the docs from .texi files if tex is missing.  I've tested this
> > > stuff on my RH9 box and it seems to work.  Please find these patches
> > > below.  Feel free to test them and include them into PCB.
> > 
> > Why is that happening at all?  I'm able to build the PCB snapshots
> > without latex.  By that I mean, 'make distcheck' produces a tarball
> > which includes pre-built documentation so that you don't need latex
> > when you're building using snapshot sources.  
> 
> Umm, it tries to re-make the .dvi and .pdf stuff from the .texi source
> on my system when I do "configure && make".  Here are two possible
> explanations:
> 
> 1.  I do a "make clean" before "make", and that wiped out the .dvi
> and .pdf files.  I can check to see what targets are called out for
> "make clean", and eliminate any removal of .dvi and .pdf if desired.
> Probably they should only be killed by "make distclean".  I will check
> this.  

thats it.  'make clean' kills it.  I'll inquire on the auto* lists about
this.  I'll bet I'm not the only one who wants to distribute the sources
for the docs as well as the prebuilt docs to avoid imposing a latex installation
on everyone.

 
> Personally, I think it best -- in terms of build safety -- if
> ./configure simply checks for TeX/LaTeX and doesn't build anything if
> TeX/LaTeX are missing.

I guess I'd like to see if there is a way to not delete whats already part
of the distfile.  I'll see what I can figure out.

> Did you try out the patches?

not yet.

-Dan

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