Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 23:47:27 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, marcel@FreeBSD.ORG, Munehiro Matsuda <haro@tk.kubota.co.jp>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is texinfo needed for buildworld with -DNOINFO ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001182343450.15601-100000@alphplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <20000118125239.B70394@relay.ucb.crimea.ua>
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2000 at 12:31:18PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 18 Jan 2000 19:14:19 +0900, Munehiro Matsuda wrote:
> >
> > > It seems that texinfo is compiled as cross-tools for buildworld.
> > > But, is it really needed when -DNOINFO has been specified?
> >
> > It's arguable, so I'd go with the status quo -- always build and install
> > the texinfo program, even if info files are not to be installed.
The patch is a (small) optimization. It happens to avoid the bug when
NOINFO is set for the whole world.
> The problem is that `{bootstrap,cross}-tools' are always built with
> -DNOINFO, and thus there is no way to determine wherher the user
> explicitly requested -DNOINFO or not.
Not a problem. Only Makefile.1 needs to know whether the user set it.
Bruce
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