Re: [Groff] new automake system

[Blake McBride]

Greetings,

I am using 64 bit Linux Mint 16.  I can build groff just fine.  When I try
the new build system as shown below, bootstrap starts downloading gnulib.
It shouldn't need it.  I already have what groff needs to build.

Thanks.

Blake McBride


On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Bertrand Garrigues <
address@hidden> wrote:

> Hello Werner and all the list,
>
> On Mon, Sep 08 2014 at 08:11:04 AM, Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> I've just pushed a new branch 'automake2' (branched from master at
> >> commit 985b1eacaf24981f29bb4a5d53b8961dbafcdfef, about a month ago)
> >> where I split my original work into smaller commits. It's not completely
> >> finished, ...
> >
> > Thanks a lot!  It will take some time until I've walked over it, but
> > this is certainly a *huge* improvement regarding legibility.
>
> I have just finished what I planned to do, mainly:
>   - More tests. See the 'TESTS' file in the top-directory for the details.
>   - Commit patches reported by Ingo on the 1st automake branch.
>   - Cherry pick commit 694305d77b3dccb62921fccf7d403a8852a82742 from
>   master, because it fixes the build on Mac OS.
>   - Several bug fixes/re-implementation.
>   - A little draft documentation on how to use automake in the groff
>   project (not automatically generated yet, I attach it).
>
> With commit a88127a4fecb307f26f2e217213d4a90e300d220 the automake2
> branch is now ready for more testing from other members of the list.
>
> Quick start:
>
> git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/groff.git
> git checkout automake2
> ./bootstrap
> mkdir build
> cd build
> ../configure
> make -j
>
> Then you can check in the TESTS file for the other targets.  Please note
> that compared to the current build system:
>   - There are 2 new targets, 'make check' and 'make distcheck'
>   - Parallel build is supported.
>
> This branch was created from master
> 985b1eacaf24981f29bb4a5d53b8961dbafcdfef, and need to be rebased before
> merging it into master. I'll start to check this locally but will
> proceed only when the branch is ready.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Bertrand Garrigues
>
>