Line-breaking style in documentation source (was Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] proc_pid_fdinfo.5: Reduce indent for most of the page)

On Sat, Nov 2, 2024 at 5:08 AM G. Branden Robinson wrote: > At 2024-11-01T21:07:29+0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > No, this isn't outdated, since that reduces the quality of the diff. > > Also, I review a lot of patches in the mail client, without running > > git(1). And it's not just for revi

Build error in Devuan stable

Hi Branden, I'm having a build error when trying to build groff HEAD in Devuan stable. ./bootstrap and ./configure succeed, and them make(1) fails. Below is the failure. Let me know if you need more details. Have a lovely night! Alex --- GEN doc/groff.dvi This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415

Re: Build error in Devuan stable

On Sun Nov 24, 2024 at 10:52 PM CET, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > I'm having a build error when trying to build groff HEAD in Devuan > stable. ./bootstrap and ./configure succeed, and them make(1) fails. > Below is the failure. Let me know if you need more details. > > [...] > GEN doc/groff.

[PATCH groff v2] Allow building groff without makeinfo

./configure: * don't fail if makeinfo is outdated or missing * don't emit a make target for the Texinfo manual if makeinfo is outdated or missing * emit a notice if the Texinfo manual cannot be built due to missing or outdated makeinfo * don't ignore missing or outdated makeinfo when the manual

Re: testing things in the groff project?

hello Branden, On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 10:47:21AM -0600, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > $ ./boostrap && ./configure > [...] > > configure: groff's version string must start with three decimal > > integers separated by dots. "" does not match. > > > > I edited the configure script man

Potpourri off topic? (my share)

Hello, On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 01:35:01PM -0600, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > Hi onf, > > At 2024-11-22T15:55:33+0100, onf wrote: > > My understanding of CMake is that it's equally awful, but at least it > > supports Windows properly if you need that sort of thing. > > groff builds for Cygwin an

Re: Trailing spaces in some source files

On Sat, Nov 23, 2024 at 10:18:09PM +, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote: > These are not needed in any way, so could (should) be removed. > > For example with "sed -i -e 's/ *$//'". > >[...] "git" has a "tool" to point out whitespace, see for example "git-apply(1)" and git-config(1)".

Re: Potpourri off topic? (my share)

Hi, On Sun Nov 24, 2024 at 2:26 PM CET, Marc Chantreux wrote: > > > From my own experience, though, sometimes the grass really IS greener > > > on the other side. For instance, I have had great experience switching > > > away from systemd, apt, and PulseAudio. > > apt is a terrible interface to a

Re: Build error in Devuan stable

Hi onf, Branden, On Sun, Nov 24, 2024 at 11:43:57PM +0100, onf wrote: > On Sun Nov 24, 2024 at 10:52 PM CET, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > I'm having a build error when trying to build groff HEAD in Devuan > > stable. ./bootstrap and ./configure succeed, and them make(1) fails. > > Below is the fa