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 < bertrand.garrig...@laposte.net> wrote: > Hello Werner and all the list, > > On Mon, Sep 08 2014 at 08:11:04 AM, Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org> 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 > >
