Re: Errors in building the documentation prevent compilation from completing properly

[Denis Excoffier <cygwin@Denis-Excoffier.org>]

> On 2022-10-20 19:46, Denis Excoffier wrote:
> 
>> 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.
> 
With cygwin-3.4.0-0.1, '--disable-doc’ now works as expected. Thank you.

Denis Excoffier.