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Re: [PATCH] Make "all" depend on "info"
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- To: Tom Tromey <tom at tromey dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2019 05:34:35 +0300
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make "all" depend on "info"
- References: <20190406204834.23321-1-tom@tromey.com>
> From: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
> Cc: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
> Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2019 14:48:34 -0600
>
> This patch changes doc/Makefile.in so that the info pages are built by
> "make all". As a point of reference, Automake has essentially always
> worked this way. According to the Automake manual (I didn't
> double-check) this is required by the GNU coding standards.
>
> The first time I sent this patch, I mentioned that I wanted to look
> into some existing bugs in bugzilla about missing "makeinfo".
> However, today I tried and I discovered that BFD requires makeinfo,
> and builds its info file as part of "all". So, I think this change
> doesn't worsen the situation for users in any way, and can simply go
> in.
Fine with me, but did you verify the prerequisites won't cause the
manual rebuilt when not necessary? IOW, does INFO_DEPS include
anything except the Texinfo sources?
Thanks.