Re: [Groff] new automake system

[Blake McBride]

Thanks for the response.  IMO, if the new make system requires a download
of something that is already built and installed on my machine, then the
new make system is significantly worse than using the standard ./configure.

Thanks.

Blake


On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Bertrand Garrigues <
address@hidden> wrote:

> Hello Blake,
>
> On Tue, Sep 23 2014 at 09:04:33 PM, Blake McBride <address@hidden>
> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Well, that's how gnulib works when it is integrated. You download its
> git repository as a git submodule. However you only have to do this
> once, and in the distributed tarball only the files that are needed are
> added (in gnulib_m4 and in lib).
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Bertrand Garrigues
>
>