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Comment #2 on issue 2529 by [email protected]: configure should error
for any missing software
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2529
Graham, there is already --enable-documentation/--disable-documentation,
but currently it isn't used properly: in order to avoid configure failure
when cross-compiling (in particular in GUB), all requirements which are
only needed for documentation build and "make test*/check" have been made
optional. IMO this is wrong. So, in addition to a patch to
configure.in/aclocal.m4 (which I've written and testing before
sumbisssion), fixing this requires to add --disable-documentation configure
flag in cross-compilation LilyPond builds in GUB; any takers for it?
Do we also want to check for tar (needed for "make dist"), gftodvi (that
may used by font developers, see mf/GNUmakefile and/or
stepmake/stepmake/metafont-rules.make)? If there is no feedback on this, I
won't add these checks in the patch, as they require a bit more of work
(adding configure command-line options) for very little gain IMHO.
