Hi Peter! Seems like it. No failed compilations despite:
||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ un groff <none> (no description available) ii groff-base 1.18.1.1-22bui GNU troff text-formatting system (base syste Thanks! /Stefan PS I pulled the patch from the git repository. Hope OK. DS Peter TB Brett wrote: > Some distributions, such as Ubuntu, do not install the groff HTML > device by default, and an additional package must be installed to > provide it. AX_PROG_GROFF therefore needs to check that groff is able > to create HTML files. > --- > > Hi Stefan, > > Can you please try this out and see if gEDA builds successfully when you have > the `groff-base' package installed, but not the `groff' package? > > Cheers, > > Peter > > > > gsymcheck/docs/Makefile.am | 2 +- > m4/geda-groff.m4 | 21 ++++++++++++++++++--- > 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/gsymcheck/docs/Makefile.am b/gsymcheck/docs/Makefile.am > index 576a955..366b828 100644 > --- a/gsymcheck/docs/Makefile.am > +++ b/gsymcheck/docs/Makefile.am > @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ docsmandir = $(docdir)/man > docsman_DATA = gsymcheck.html > > .1.html: > -if ENABLE_GROFF > +if ENABLE_GROFF_HTML > LC_NUMERIC=C $(GROFF) -man -T html $< > [email protected] \ > && mv -f [email protected] $@ > else > diff --git a/m4/geda-groff.m4 b/m4/geda-groff.m4 > index 8181a57..a0c7881 100644 > --- a/m4/geda-groff.m4 > +++ b/m4/geda-groff.m4 > @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ > # geda-groff.m4 -*-Autoconf-*- > # serial 1 > > -dnl Carry out configuration tasks needed by desktop-i18n tool > +dnl Look for GNU troff > dnl Copyright (C) 2009 Peter Brett <[email protected]> > dnl > dnl This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify > @@ -24,6 +24,21 @@ AC_DEFUN([AX_PROG_GROFF], > AC_ARG_VAR([GROFF], [Path to groff executable]) > AC_CHECK_PROG([GROFF], [groff], [groff], [no]) > > - AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_GROFF], > - [test "X$groff" != Xno]) > + # Some distros are annoying and package groff into a crippled > + # version without many of the drivers, along with a separate full > + # version. So explicitly check for the html driver. > + if test "X$GROFF" != "Xno" ; then > + AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether $GROFF has an html driver]) > + echo '.TH conftest 1 "January 1st, 1970" Version 1' > conftest.1 > + if LC_NUMERIC=C $GROFF -man -T html > /dev/null 2>&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD; > then > + HAVE_GROFF_HTML=yes > + else > + HAVE_GROFF_HTML=no > + fi > + rm -f conftest.1 > + AC_MSG_RESULT([$HAVE_GROFF_HTML]) > + fi > + > + AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_GROFF_HTML], > + [test "X$HAVE_GROFF_HTML" != Xno]) > ])dnl AX_PROG_GROFF _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
