Re: [Axiom-developer] build-improvements and latex

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

"Page, Bill" <address@hidden> writes:

| On Wednesday, September 13, 2006 1:08 PM Waldek Hebisch wrote:
| > 
| > I have updated to version 133 of build-improvements branch and 
| > retried build on the same Debian testing machine. Now build goes
| > further, but fails running Latex on clifford.spad.tex
| > The reason for failure is missing amssymb.sty file.
| > I am affraid that if we want clean build, then configure should check
| > for all latex packages used.
| > 
| 
| I still think it makes better sense to *not* run the LaTeX part
| of the build by default. If somebody wants it, they should be
| able to run something like:
| 
|   make documentation-all

Yes, that is way most GNU standard projects work, mke; make dvi; make
ps; make pdf or whatever.  But the idea is not unanimous here.

-- Gaby