On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 20:45 +0100, Francis Moreau wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to build the git's documentation, but after pulling v1.7.3.2, > it fails: > > $ make prefix=/usr/local doc > make -C Documentation all > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/fmoreau/git/Documentation' > make[2]: Entering directory `/home/fmoreau/git' > make[2]: `GIT-VERSION-FILE' is up to date. > make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/fmoreau/git' > XMLTO git-fetch.1 > xmlto: /home/fmoreau/git/Documentation/git-fetch.xml does not validate (status 3) > xmlto: Fix document syntax or use --skip-validation option > I/O error : Attempt to load network entity http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd > /home/fmoreau/git/Documentation/git-fetch.xml:2: warning: failed to load external entity "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"; > D DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"; > ^ > I/O error : Attempt to load network entity http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd > warning: failed to load external entity "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"; > validity error : Could not load the external subset "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"; > Document /home/fmoreau/git/Documentation/git-fetch.xml does not validate > make[1]: *** [git-fetch.1] Error 13 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/fmoreau/git/Documentation' > > Could anybody tell me what's now wrong ? Without more information, not specifically. However, the fix may be fairly simple. Some distributions are apparently so ancient that they don't include the version 4.5 and newer Docbook XML XSL & DTD files. RHEL 5 and older make this list. Putting those files in the local cache and fixing the appropriate configuration file quiets the errors. -- -Drew Northup N1XIM AKA RvnPhnx on OPN ________________________________________________ "As opposed to vegetable or mineral error?" -John Pescatore, SANS NewsBites Vol. 12 Num. 59 -- 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