On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:08:11 -0400, Remko Scharroo wrote: Dear Fink developers, > > Since I'm running the unstable tree, I need to compile every new > package. And a few of them, like "cairo" have the gtk-doc > BuildDepends, EVEN THOUGH it is compiled with --disable-gtk-doc
--enable/disable-gtk-doc is a bit of a misnomer...it controls how much of the documentation is regenerated from the sources rather than using the pregenerated files in the tarball. The --disable mode does *not* disable the documentation, it merely does less regeneration. In most cases, *some* regeneration is necessary, and most of these cases require gtk-doc to do so. Fink packages can often get away with --disable because it saves time (sometimes a lot of time) when building, but it's often hard (depending on package, potentially a combination of fragile, highly specific to package and version, complex patches) to avoid it completely. That's because upstreams often don't generate their doc files properly and consistently in their releases. Once it's needed even for one popular package, no sense working hard to avoid needing it in others that entail that one. I agree that not having a binary distribution is a major headache, but it's pretty far down on the list of critical problems that keep popping up. For example, it's annoying but not broken and it only hurts once. Do any of the unofficial bindists have a sufficiently recent gtk-doc (and its dependencies) available? At least among my packages, I try to keep the version-requirements as low as functionally feasible so that even a slightly older binary package would suffice. dan -- Daniel Macks dma...@netspace.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Storage Efficiency Calculator This modeling tool is based on patent-pending intellectual property that has been used successfully in hundreds of IBM storage optimization engage- ments, worldwide. Store less, Store more with what you own, Move data to the right place. Try It Now! http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51427378/ _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
