Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org> writes:
> (1) If the user unpacks the tarball, the rules are not executed.
> (2) If the user does a bootstrap from the repository to do `make
> dist', they are needed.
> (3) If the user changes a doc source file in the tarball and wants to
> regenerate the documentation, the rules are needed too.
...
> (b) If the tests for pandoc and pdftex fail, disable the build rules
> or provide no-ops. This is OK for (1) and (3), but not
> satisfactory for (2).
Why is (b) unsatisfactory for (2)?
I'm presuming that when pandoc/pdftex are not found, not only are the
standard makefile rules using them disabled, but alternative rules
enabled which just say something like:
if have_pandoc
foo.html: foo.tex
$(PANDOC) balah blah blah
else
foo.html: foo.tex
echo 1>&2 "**** OMGOMG can't generate $@!!!!"
echo 1>&2 "**** please install pandoc and reconfigure"
endif
-miles
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