[lxc-devel] [patch] configure.ac - allow user to switch off/on documentation generation

[Daniel Lezcano]

Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> Andrian Nord wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 07:48:39PM +0100, Michel Normand wrote:
>>   
>>> Andrian Nord a écrit :
>>>     
>>>> As documentation requires docbook2man to be installed, which is not,
>>>> otherwise, required for proper LXC work or compilation process, it
>>>> might be usefull to be able to switch it off.
>>>>
>>>> Sorry for attaching file, I currently unable to paste it into mail, as
>>>> my mail client (gmail webmail) will word-wrap lines, making patch
>>>> unusable
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>       
>>> For me, it is Ok to add a --enable/disable/-doc,
>>> but not make configure to fail if no option specified
>>> and no docbook2man package.
>>>
>>> For me it should be optionnal.
>>> I like the current behaviour where configure is running without option
>>> and is enabling/disabling by itself the doc building.
>>> Could you send a new patch with this idea ?
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Michel
>>>     
>> Of course. You mean, that you what default behaviour to remain
>> auto-detection? That is:
>> --enable-doc: require docbook2man or fail, generate mans
>> --enable-doc=auto, or not specified (default): check for docbook2man,
>> generate mans if found, silently ignore if not found (I suppose
>> diagnostic message is redundant, as information already contains into
>> ./configure --help)
>> --disable-doc: never check for docbook2man and don't gen mans
>>
>> Here comes a patch what do this, as far as I see
>> (I'm sorry for violating post-rules in previous mail, now I'll do all
>> right, I hope. Should I attach patch anyway, as it might be usefull
>> for applying?)
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Andrian Nord <NightNord at gmail.com>
>>   
> Michel,
> 
> are you ok for this patch ?

s/for/with :)