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commit 817f40d0ac766a36795d40d31f9999889aa7de4d
Author: François J <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Apr 23 09:05:46 2021 +0200
gnu: git: add a comment on why we don't build manpages
* gnu/packages/version-control.scm (git)[native-inputs]:
add back comment skipped by commit
d1cada0450fca54260fd20ab49d0586d147cbeb3
Signed-off-by: François J. <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <[email protected]>
---
gnu/packages/version-control.scm | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
index 17afc5f..1ab97d4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ as well as the classic centralized workflow.")
("bash" ,bash-minimal)
("bash-for-tests" ,bash)
("gettext" ,gettext-minimal)
+ ;; To build the man pages from the git sources, we would need a
dependency
+ ;; on a full XML tool chain, and building it actually takes ages. So we
+ ;; use this lazy approach and use released tarball.
("git-manpages"
,(origin
(method url-fetch)
