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From: Denis Excoffier <cygwin@Denis-Excoffier.org>
To: Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>, cygwin@cygwin.com
Cc: Denis Excoffier <cygwin@Denis-Excoffier.org>
Subject: Re: Errors in building the documentation prevent compilation from completing properly
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 19:46:04 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <426C8E9E-A69A-4744-AB45-440AB76190ED@Denis-Excoffier.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ee940ded-db00-2543-0de8-552e2c40c30b@dronecode.org.uk>


> On 2022-10-20 12:29, Jon Turney wrote:
> 
> On 19/10/2022 18:57, Denis Excoffier wrote:
>> Hello,
>> Currently i have docbook2X not working on my system (a perl problem
>> that i don't know how to repair, but in a few months i will reinstall completely
>> this C:\Cygwin64 which dates back to 2019).
>> This means that /usr/share/docbook2X and /usr/bin/docbook2x-texi are missing.
>> Consequently, no *.info* file is produced.
>> Nevertheless, i tried to compile cygwin from sources (newlib-cygwin-3.3.6.tar.bz2),
>> knowing that "Normally, building ignores any errors in building the documentation"
>> (see https://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.programming.building-cygwin)
> 
> The behaviour was changed by [1], but unfortunately the documentation change that contains has not yet been published.
> 
> Use the configure option '--disable-doc'.

For me, '--disable-doc' makes no difference with the unpatched code. Same errors. Sorry.

Regards,

Denis Excoffier.


  reply	other threads:[~2022-10-20 17:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-10-19 17:57 Denis Excoffier
2022-10-20 10:29 ` Jon Turney
2022-10-20 17:46   ` Denis Excoffier [this message]
2022-11-15  3:24     ` Denis Excoffier

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