On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Todd Zullinger <tmz@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> I tested with this in Documentation/manpage-base.xsl on a CentOS 5 box >> and it builds fine, leaving no cruft in the man pages regarding the >> man.base.url... >> >> <!-- set a base URL for relative links --> >> <xsl:param name="man.base.url.for.relative.links" >> >/path/to/git/docs</xsl:param> >> >> Of course, the relative links looked just like they did in older >> docbook releases: >> >> 1. Everyday Git >> everyday.html >> >> Is it worth the effort to have @@MAN_BASE_URL@@ in >> Documentation/manpage-base.xsl or similar and replace it at build >> time? > > I think it depends on the likelihood that a distro has xmlto so old that > it does not understand --stringparam yet it uses stylesheet so new that > setting the parameter makes a positive difference (either it gives the > full URL or at least squelches the "You should define the parameter" > noise) in the output. > > I am guessing that the answer would be that is a very unlikely combination > and not worth worrying about it, but I've been wrong before in this exact > area ;-) Hello, We have RH with xmlto 0.0.18. I was getting ready to update our installation to 1.6.5.4, but as i understand the documentation will not be fully available untill this issue is resolved. Could you, please, advise if this is going to be in next 1.6.5.5? Thanks, Eugene -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html