Re: [crossdev] [PATCH] Make docbook2man optional

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On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 17:44, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Jan 2011 13:20:24 -0500 Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> i dont think this patch makes sense. Âit may have been necessary in
>> the past where m-i-t didnt ship man pages as part of the distr, but
>> now that that has been fixed, i think any remaining invocations are a
>> distro problem. Âlooking at buildroot, i dont see why it is necessary
>> with m-i-t 3.12. Âdocbook2man shouldnt be invoked for the normal
>> unpack/configure/make cycle.
>
> So, I think that the patch is still necessary, or at least some
> solution that does not require docbook2man to build module-init-tools.

i already gave you the workaround that doesnt require any patching:

>> if you dont want man pages *regenerated* because you're patching
>> files, then simply touch them:
>>       touch *.[58]

sometimes they screw up in the release process, but ive been hammering
on them every time, so hopefully they'll get it right at some point.
-mike
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