Hi Pádraig, 2017-10-01 5:56 GMT+02:00 Pádraig Brady <p...@draigbrady.com>: > On 23/09/17 20:18, Peter Bohning wrote: >> Cross compiling for aarch64 from amd64 >> >> Is there no way to disable the man pages in configure options? Thanks. >> >> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2014-11/msg00000.html > > I've seen this issue in various places now (CC'd). > > We should probably reinstate distribution of man pages > since these generated pages are so similar on various systems. > Also given the amount of old ChangeLogs removed recently > I don't think the addition of 273K (uncompressed) is prohibitive. > > The attached was tested in these modes: > git repo build > tarball build with/without help2man > tarball vpath build with/without help2man > make distcheck > make install (and ensure only enabled program man pages installed) > > I've not applied this yet, but hope to soon after a bit more testing.
Thanks for taking a look into this, I think that it's a good idea. In the case that somehow help2man can still end up being used after applying this, I think that Eleanor's patch (or an equivalent) is still worth considering, because ultimately when cross-building one cannot invoke the binaries in the general case. Cheers. -- Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <manuel.montez...@gmail.com>
