Re: what should install-world do when docs are not available?

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Justin Pryzby <pryzby(at)telsasoft(dot)com>
Subject: Re: what should install-world do when docs are not available?
Date: 2023-03-29 16:25:03
Message-ID: 20230329162503.qkbyxzxnzxtsplhu@awork3.anarazel.de
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Hi,

On 2023-03-29 18:15:02 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 25.03.23 21:14, Andres Freund wrote:
> > I wonder if, for meson, the best behaviour would be to make 'docs' a feature
> > set to auto. If docs set to enabled, and the necessary tools are not
> > available, fail at that time, instead of doing so while building.
>
> Makes sense to me.
>
> > If that's what we decide to do, perhaps "docs" should be split further? The
> > dependencies for pdf generation are a lot more heavyweight.
>
> I think "docs" should be html and man, because that's what gets installed.
>
> pdf and other things can just be an ad hoc build target and doesn't need
> install support.

I just meant for feature detection.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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