Source: gtk+3.0
Version: 3.22.0-1
Severity: normal

Hi!

Currently, src:gtk+3.0 builds its documentation on all architectures which
is rather sub-optimal as this particular step in the build process is rather
time-consuming due to the fact that large XML files are parsed.

Additionally, the binary invoked, gtkdoc-mkhtml, also causes trouble when
building src:gtk+3.0 on architectures like m68k where we are using qemu:

cd html && gtkdoc-mkhtml $mkhtml_options 
"--path=\"/build/gtk+3.0-TswWzT/gtk+3.0-3.22.0/./docs/reference/gtk:/build/gtk+3.0-TswWzT/gtk+3.0-3.22.0/./examples\""
 gtk3 ../gtk-docs.sgml
Makefile:549: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Terminated
Makefile:1370: recipe for target 'html-build.stamp' failed
make[5]: *** [html-build.stamp] Terminated
Makefile:547: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Terminated
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/makefile.mk:77: recipe for target 
'debian/stamp-makefile-build/shared' failed
make: *** [debian/stamp-makefile-build/shared] Terminated
E: Caught signal ‘Terminated’: terminating immediately
Makefile:722: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Terminated
Makefile:616: recipe for target 'all' failed
make[1]: *** [all] Terminated
E: Build killed with signal TERM after 60 minutes of inactivity

In order to get src:gtk+3.0 build on the affected architectures, I usually
edit the debian/rules file and disable the documentation by adding the
configure option '--disable-gtk-doc' to DEB_CONFIGURE_FLAGS_shared.

It would therefore be a good idea to build the documentation in the binary-indep
target in debian/rules only. This way, we would avoid issues like the one
above in the future and we also save quite a lot of build time on the
slower buildds.

Thanks for considering!

Adrian

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