On Fri, 2004-11-26 at 08:49 +0100, Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote: > >>> "Braden" == Braden McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [...] > > Braden> html: manual/index.html > > (This should be html-local, BTW; try running automake -Wall.) > > [...] > > Braden> ... then I run into problems in "make install": > > Braden> Making install in doc > Braden> make[2]: Entering directory > `/home/braden/src/openvrml/openvrml/BUILD/openvrml-0.14.99/_build/doc' > Braden> make[3]: Entering directory > `/home/braden/src/openvrml/openvrml/BUILD/openvrml-0.14.99/_build/doc' > Braden> make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. > Braden> /usr/bin/doxygen > > There is something wrong in your dependencies if make attempts > to rebuild the documentation even when it already exists. > Perhaps Doxyfile is a non-distributed build file?
Argh... That's it. Doxyfile is generated by configure. > See the > distcleancheck node of the manual for some discussion about > this kind of dependency and a possible workaround. > > [...] > > Braden> Again, using dist-hook to copy the files instead of listing "manual" > in > Braden> EXTRA_DIST circumvents this problem. > > Hiding the bug instead of fixing it? (It's a bug if the > documentation you distribute is always rebuilt when a user > attempt a VPATH build. There is no point in distributing > the doc if users have to rebuild it anyway.) Yeah... I probably just need to stop generating Doxyfile. As long as the docs are built in the srcdir, generating it is really just a minor convenience for me. Thanks. -- Braden McDaniel e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://endoframe.com> Jabber: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
