Re: Compile docs on ArchLinux

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 11:08 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > is it possible to compile postgres docs with docbook 4.5? At config step,
> > it looks that only docbook 4.2 is supported.
>

> If ArchLinux doesn't provide the 4.2 DTD, you ought to complain to
> whoever packages that. On my Fedora 16 box, for example, a wide range
> of docbook versions is supported:
>
> $ ls /etc/sgml
> catalog sgml-docbook-4.4.cat
> docbook/ sgml-docbook-4.5.cat
> docbook-simple.cat sgml-docbook.cat@
> docbook-slides.cat sgml.conf
> openjade-1.3.2-38.fc16.soc xhtml1-dtds-1.0-20020801.6.soc
> openjade.soc@ xhtml1-dtds.soc@
> sgml-docbook-3.0.cat xml-docbook-4.1.2.cat
> sgml-docbook-3.1.cat xml-docbook-4.2.cat
> sgml-docbook-4.0.cat xml-docbook-4.3.cat
> sgml-docbook-4.1.cat xml-docbook-4.4.cat
> sgml-docbook-4.2.cat xml-docbook-4.5.cat
> sgml-docbook-4.3.cat xml-docbook.cat@
>
> I don't believe there is any expectation that documents will get
> updated just because there is a new docbook version.

I see. I tried to install manually the catalogs of 4.2 but it didn't got
recognized either.

>
> Now having said that, you could certainly try adjusting the
> DOCTYPE declaration in the docs and seeing if they'd build with 4.5.
> But it's not something the project is likely to worry about soon.
>
This one didn't work, but it was worth a try, thanks for the idea.
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Michael Paquier
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