Re: What is the correct way of handling generated docs?

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Bruce" == Bruce Korb <address@hidden> writes:

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 Bruce> Without endlessly convoluted change (dependency) checks,
 Bruce> the docs get rebuilt causing the .info to be rebuilt
 Bruce> causing distcheck to choke.  So, without distcheck
 Bruce> changes, it is necessary to avoid trying to update the
 Bruce> .info file during distcheck, but not at other times.

You you elaborate on why the docs get rebuilt during distcheck?
Which dependencies cause that?

 Bruce> Even worse, though, is that if there is no .texi file,
 Bruce> then *ALL* the texinfo building stuff assumes that there
 Bruce> is no documentation.  

That's another issue, isn't it?  What do you think about this
unanswered bug report:
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/bug-automake/2001/msg00423.html
(personally I'd vote for solution 5)

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Alexandre Duret-Lutz