Re: problem with docs (Was: make check?)

[Ben Abbott]

> On Jul 14, 2016, at 7:35 PM, Mike Miller <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 01:22:32 +0000, Ben Abbott wrote:
>> I had been building in the source tree for several years. Mainly
>> because I was unable to successfully build otherwise. Then a couple of
>> months ago, I tried to build in a parallel directory and was
>> successful. It occurred to me that I should try building in the source
>> tree again, and I found success.
> 
> Do you mean that going back to building in-tree resolved the build
> problem you were having? But you are now unable to build out-of-tree?

Yes.

>> If anyone has a clue why, please illuminate me.
> 
> Why you are only able to build in-tree? I don't know.
> 
> I assume by parallel you mean a sibling directory at the same level as
> the octave source, is that right? Have you also tried building in a
> subdirectory of the source? That's the only way I build. Both should
> work equally well.

Yes, I was building in a sibling directory.

Ben