Hi Branden, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > cp: cannot stat './doc/gnu.png': No such file or directory > > cp: cannot stat './doc/line-layout.png': No such file or directory > > make: *** [Makefile:20050: doc/groff.html] Error 1 > > > > If I need to use either "make -k" or "./configure > > --enable-maintainer-mode", there's something wrong with the build > > system. (I am not a maintainer of groff.) > > We've documented that you _do_ need to `--enable-maintainer-mode` to > build groff from Git.
>From the AM_MAINTAINER_MODE documentation [1], it is clear that it is meant for the case of re-building files that are under version control. I would argue that if a file is *not* under version control and is needed by other targets, its rule should be enabled, regardless of --enable-maintainer-mode or not. Bruno [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/maintainer_002dmode.html
