Re: [bug #66583] [PATCH] allow building groff without makeinfo

2025-01-04 Thread Alejandro Colomar via bug-groff
Hi onf, On Sun, Dec 29, 2024 at 08:29:10PM -0500, anonymous wrote: > You can work around that: > > export MAKEFLAGS=-e PREFIX=/bar > make > make install Hmmm. True! (Actually, I'm waiting for the release of make 4.5, since I use MAKEFLAGS += --no-builtin-rules MAKEFLAGS += --n

Re: [bug #66583] [PATCH] allow building groff without makeinfo

2024-12-31 Thread Alejandro Colomar via bug-groff
Hi onf, On Tue, Dec 31, 2024 at 01:18:50PM -0500, anonymous wrote: > Follow-up Comment #50, bug #66583 (group groff): > > [comment #44 comment #44:] > > On Tue, Dec 31, 2024 at 07:24:03AM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > >> I trust you realize that you and onf are arguing diametrically opposed

Re: [bug #66583] [PATCH] allow building groff without makeinfo

2024-12-31 Thread Alejandro Colomar via bug-groff
Hi Branden, On Tue, Dec 31, 2024 at 11:01:31AM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > Follow-up Comment #47, bug #66583 (group groff): > > At 2024-12-31T10:27:22-0500, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > Most likely. I sometimes install stuff with --no-install-recommends, > > which might have been the res

Re: [bug #66583] [PATCH] allow building groff without makeinfo

2024-12-31 Thread Alejandro Colomar via bug-groff
Hi Branden, On Tue, Dec 31, 2024 at 10:04:22AM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > Follow-up Comment #45, bug #66583 (group groff): > > [just the build failure issue] > > Looks to me like a missing TeX-related dependency. (A missing font, > maybe?) Most likely. I sometimes install stuff with

Re: [bug #66583] [PATCH] allow building groff without makeinfo

2024-12-31 Thread Alejandro Colomar via bug-groff
Hi Branden, On Tue, Dec 31, 2024 at 07:24:03AM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > Follow-up Comment #43, bug #66583 (group groff): > > Hi Alex, > > At 2024-12-30T01:24:39+0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > I don't know that build system [imake], and don't know what I would > > think of it. But

Re: [bug #66583] [PATCH] allow building groff without makeinfo

2024-12-29 Thread Alejandro Colomar via bug-groff
Hi Branden, On Sun, Dec 29, 2024 at 05:47:41PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > Follow-up Comment #33, bug #66583 (group groff): > > Hi Alex, > > To lead with a summary: I partly disagree with your rants, From what I've read, you agree quite a lot, actually. > but think you > may have ident

Re: [bug #66583] [PATCH] allow building groff without makeinfo

2024-12-29 Thread Alejandro Colomar via bug-groff
Hi Branden, On Sun, Dec 29, 2024 at 07:53:34AM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > The problem Alex was experiencing, though, occured with a version > > which groff accepted. > > Okay, well, he should be getting CCed on this so maybe he can put us in > the picture. [...] > The repository, and