I wrote:
> 1. No pandoc on borka, where we build tarballs:
> pgsql@borka:~$ which pandoc
> pgsql@borka:~$
That part's sorted, anyway.
pgsql@borka:~$ pandoc --version
pandoc 1.17.2
Compiled with texmath 0.8.6.7, highlighting-kate 0.6.3.
Syntax highlighting is supported for the following languages:
...
> 2. If there's no pandoc, this coding silently produces a zero-size
> INSTALL file. I do not find that acceptable.
Seems like it might be sufficient for the rule to be
$(PANDOC) $< -t plain > $@.tmp
$(ICONV) -f utf8 -t us-ascii//TRANSLIT < $@.tmp > $@
rm -f $@.tmp
Failure would leave a .tmp file behind, but I doubt we care enough
about that to work harder than this.
regards, tom lane
