Re: [perl #32280] [PATCH] Detects presence of perldoc at configuration time

2004-11-19 Thread James deBoer
Sorry for the delay, but here is a revised patch to detect perldoc. - If Perldoc is detected, no warning messages will be printed and things will work as before - If Perldoc is not detected - Configure.pl will print a message saying that the docs will not be built - docs/ will not be buil

Re: [perl #32280] [PATCH] Detects presence of perldoc at configuration time

2004-11-14 Thread Leopold Toetsch
James deBoer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [ to OP ] > This patch will test to see if perldoc actually works, aborting the > configuration if it does not. Can you convert that test to produce a fat warning and skip targets relying on perldoc? Thanks, leo

Re: [perl #32280] [PATCH] Detects presence of perldoc at configuration time

2004-11-07 Thread Leopold Toetsch
Nicholas Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't like the build blowing up on me when there is no perldoc, and on > some machines that I use I'm not in a position to change this. So, as opinions aren't really matching, let's try this approach: The configure step from that patch doesn't bail o

Re: [perl #32280] [PATCH] Detects presence of perldoc at configuration time

2004-11-07 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 09:22:36AM -0500, Andy Dougherty wrote: > On Mon, 1 Nov 2004, James deBoer wrote: > > > Some systems, notable Debian, ship perldoc and perl as seperate > > packages. The presence of Perl does not imply the presence of perldoc. > > > > This patch will test to see if perldoc

Re: [perl #32280] [PATCH] Detects presence of perldoc at configuration time

2004-11-02 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 11:41 AM +0100 11/2/04, Leopold Toetsch wrote: James deBoer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Some systems, notable Debian, ship perldoc and perl as seperate packages. The presence of Perl does not imply the presence of perldoc. This patch will test to see if perldoc actually works, aborting the c

Re: [perl #32280] [PATCH] Detects presence of perldoc at configuration time

2004-11-02 Thread Andy Dougherty
On Mon, 1 Nov 2004, James deBoer wrote: > Some systems, notable Debian, ship perldoc and perl as seperate > packages. The presence of Perl does not imply the presence of perldoc. > > This patch will test to see if perldoc actually works, aborting the > configuration if it does not. I don't feel s

Re: [perl #32280] [PATCH] Detects presence of perldoc at configuration time

2004-11-02 Thread Leopold Toetsch
James deBoer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some systems, notable Debian, ship perldoc and perl as seperate > packages. The presence of Perl does not imply the presence of perldoc. > This patch will test to see if perldoc actually works, aborting the > configuration if it does not. > I was conside

[perl #32280] [PATCH] Detects presence of perldoc at configuration time

2004-11-02 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by James deBoer # Please include the string: [perl #32280] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org:80/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=32280 > Some systems, notable Debian, ship perldoc and perl as seperate packages. The presenc