Re: [HACKERS] Uppercase SGML entity declarations

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> On tis, 2011-04-05 at 14:55 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
>> and I've also had failures, I believe,
>> from not being connected to the Internet, which is surprising because
>> it's not at all obvious that building the docs should require an
>> Internet connection.
>
> I understand this problem, but just to clarify, this is supposed to
> help, because then you don't need to install anything, as whatever is
> necessary will be downloaded automatically.  This is a feature of the
> XSLT processor.  In the case of xsltproc, it can be turned off with the
> --nonet option.
>
> On the other hand, if you have a proper local installation, then it
> should map the Internet URIs to the local installation. -- "should"

Well, that explains why it worked without a network connection on some
systems but not others. I don't really object to the toolchain we're
using; it works OK for me, and switching would be a pain in the neck.
But I find it's not as easy to use as some things.

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