Karl Berry wrote:
> I wonder whether any test is really necessary. As
> far as I know coreutils, texinfo, and other packages have used help2man
> for years, and I have never seen a bug report about the problem of
> help2man failing on cross compiles ...
The build failure is triggered if the user has modified a source file
while doing a cross-compile. Why it's so rarely reported? Maybe because
few people do cross-compiles at all. CLN wasn't cross-compilable for 8
years, until I noticed it.
> I don't like complicating Hello
> (and every other package) with a theoretical "problem". Hmm.
It's not theoretical. I invite you to install a cross-compiler and try it.
Here's a patch that is even simpler, touching only the configure.ac file.
2006-08-24 Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* configure.ac: Set HELP2MAN to a dummy when cross-compiling.
*** configure.ac 23 Aug 2006 15:41:08 -0000 1.16
--- configure.ac 24 Aug 2006 12:29:09 -0000
***************
*** 33,39 ****
# GNU help2man creates man pages from --help output; in many cases, this
# is sufficient, and obviates the need to maintain man pages separately.
! AM_MISSING_PROG(HELP2MAN, help2man)
# i18n support from GNU gettext.
AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.15])
--- 33,44 ----
# GNU help2man creates man pages from --help output; in many cases, this
# is sufficient, and obviates the need to maintain man pages separately.
! # The variable 'cross_compiling' is set by AC_PROG_CC.
! if test $cross_compiling = no; then
! AM_MISSING_PROG(HELP2MAN, help2man)
! else
! HELP2MAN=:
! fi
# i18n support from GNU gettext.
AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.15])
