Randy McMurchy wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm looking for some suggestions on how to fix the FontConfig > instructions. Currently, they are broken if you have DocBook-utils > installed, but don't have the SGMLSpm Perl module or JadeTeX > installed. > > Here is what happens if for example you have DocBook-utils installed, > but not JadeTex: > > Even if you pass the --disable-docs parameter to configure, when > you try to execute the 'make -C doc install' command shown in the > instructions, it fails with an error message that says it cannot > find pdfjadetex. > > So, what needs to happen is that if you have DocBook-utils installed, > but not JadeTex, you should not run the 'make -C doc install' command. > > How do we state this in the book? Folks may not know if DocBook-utils > is installed.
DocBook-utils can be detected by checking for /usr/bin/pdfjadetex > > My suggestion is to remove the 'make -C doc install' command from > the instructions and hand-install the docs, however, any input from > others would be appreciated. > > I just updated the FontConfig text to clarify the DocBook-utils > dependencies, not realizing that the 'make -C doc install' command > would fail later on. The existing note seems clear to me. However, we might want to reorder the commands: <usrinput>make install && install -v -m 644 doc/*.3 /usr/share/man/man3/</usrinput> If you have both DocBook-utils and SGMLSpm installed, <usrinput>make -C doc install</usrinput> -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
