>> 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.
The memory consumption can be reduced in case you have the `gnulib'
repository already checked out separately. You should then use
./bootstrap --gnulib-srcdir=...
In this case, it does a shallow clone, reducing the needed memory from
currently 103MByte to 58MByte.
> 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).
Exactly.
Werner
