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Re: RFA: Build doc files in build directory not source directory

From: Nick Clifton <nickc at cambridge dot redhat dot com>
To: Florian Weimer <fw at deneb dot enyo dot de>
Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: 31 May 2002 11:08:22 +0100
Subject: Re: RFA: Build doc files in build directory not source directory
References: <m3d6vcvf0g.fsf@north-pole.nickc.cambridge.redhat.com><87n0ugeimd.fsf@deneb.enyo.de>

Hi Florian,

> >   The patch below changes gcc's makefile so that info files and man
> >   pages are created in the build tree and not the source tree.  This
> >   allows these files to be created even if the sources are mounted on
> >   a read-only partition.  It also updates the install-info target to
> >   handle an arbitrary set of info files, making it simpler to add new
> >   files in the future.
> 
> Doesn't this break the generation of the web docs?

Err I don't know.  How are the web docs built from the sources ?

Cheers
        Nick

References:
- RFA: Build doc files in build directory not source directory
  - From: Nick Clifton
- Re: RFA: Build doc files in build directory not source directory
  - From: Florian Weimer

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