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bug #42720: configure --disable-docs turns off building of .desktop file

Submitted by:  Orion Poplawski <opoplawski>
Submitted on:  Wed 09 Jul 2014 09:39:09 PM UTC  
 
Category: Configuration and Build SystemSeverity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: Installation Failure
Status: FixedAssigned to: None
Originator Name: Open/Closed: Closed
Release: 3.8.1Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Mon 14 Jul 2014 03:22:17 AM UTC, comment #4:

I moved the doc/icons directory into etc/icons to allow octave.desktop to be built when --disable-docs is configured. The larger issue of a non-recursive build can be taken care of later.

Rik <rik5>
Project Administrator
Fri 11 Jul 2014 05:47:48 PM UTC, comment #3:

Either putting the files directly in etc or in a subdirectory of etc would be OK with me.

I'd also like to eventually have a non-recursive build so eliminating a Makefile.am file would be a bonus as far as I'm concerned.

John W. Eaton <jwe>
Project Administrator
Fri 11 Jul 2014 04:51:24 PM UTC, comment #2:

One important change as a result of moving doc/icons into etc would be that it no longer has its own Makefile.am. Files in etc are currently handled by the top-level Makefile.am. Also consider my proposed patch to build icons from source in doc/icons/Makefile.am, see bug #37062 (which I keep meaning to bring to the maintainers list to get some attention).

Maybe a new top-level directory instead, either desktop or icons?

A different solution would be to put more fine-grained controls over which specific rules under doc can't be performed with --disable-docs. This is also a prerequisite to moving towards a completely non-recursive Automake build (which I'm hoping to take a look at someday).

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
Project Administrator
Fri 11 Jul 2014 03:52:41 PM UTC, comment #1:

Perhaps the doc/icons directory should be moved to the /etc directory which contains other miscellaneous files that are installed like the NEWS file?

Rik <rik5>
Project Administrator
Wed 09 Jul 2014 09:39:09 PM UTC, original submission:

Surprisingly, --disable-docs turns off building the .desktop file because it is in docs/icons.

Orion Poplawski <opoplawski>

 

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