[Axiom-mail] Re: noweb

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

root <address@hidden> writes:

| >   What is the status of noweb with respect to Axiom installation?
| > That is, noweb is built solely to permit extraction of source code and
| > documentation. Is the built binary ever intended to be installed when
| > Axiom is installed?  Can I for sure assume that it is a build utility
| > only? 
| 
| once the meta files disappear from the sources we won't need to build
| a local version of noweb. however, if it isn't available on the local
| system we will still continue to build it in the near term.

I realize this does not answer my question at all.

Take AXIOM/src/scripts/document for example.  It contains direct
reference to notangle and noweave, built while building Axiom's.
However that script is installed along with noweb...

-- Gaby