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Re: lynx-dev problems building lynx 2.8.1dev.2


From: Nelson Henry Eric
Subject: Re: lynx-dev problems building lynx 2.8.1dev.2
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 09:03:54 +0900 (JST)

> You mean - go into the Makefiles and figure out how to skip that part.
> As far as I can tell, there isn't a make option to 'build lynx and skip

No option yet.  If Tom insists on keeping the /intl and /po directories
then in time he plans to get around to supporting the configure script
to handle the builds in those directories correctly.

> Because the makefile generated by configure uses them - all we want to do
> is to type "configure ; make install install-help install-doc" and have

This is a problem with the present configure script.

> > Since the VAST majority of Lynx users will be happy with an English
> > version, I can't fathom why anyone would want to waste CPU time fiddling
> > around with the installation and maintenance of NLS when it can easily
> > be done separate from Lynx.  (CPU= Computer, People, Users).
> 
> Because other software wants/needs NLS and so it is build and maintained.
          ^^^^^
Exactly!  NLS has its own debugging and maintenance team.

__Henry

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