Re: Installing gnulib from git

[Bruno Haible]

Reuben Thomas wrote:
> It didn't occur to me to read the manual, as I hadn't figured out 
> how to build it. I looked in Makefile, but that didn't seem to do much.

This can be improved:

2009-04-01  Bruno Haible  <address@hidden>

        * Makefile (info, html, dvi, pdf): New targets.
        Reported by Reuben Thomas <address@hidden>.

--- Makefile.orig       2009-04-02 03:09:05.000000000 +0200
+++ Makefile    2009-04-02 03:08:58.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,19 +1,31 @@
 # Makefile for gnulib central.
-# Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2006, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
 # in any medium, are permitted without royalty provided the copyright
 # notice and this notice are preserved.
 
-# Produce some files that are not stored in CVS.
+# Produce some files that are not stored in the repository.
 all:
 
+# Produce the documentation in readable form.
+info:
+       cd doc && $(MAKE) info
+html:
+       cd doc && $(MAKE) html
+dvi:
+       cd doc && $(MAKE) dvi && $(MAKE) mostlyclean
+pdf:
+       cd doc && $(MAKE) pdf && $(MAKE) mostlyclean
+
 # Perform some platform independent checks on the gnulib code.
 check:
 
-# Regenerate some files that are stored in CVS; you should commit them
-# afterwards.
+# Regenerate some files that are stored in the repository.
 regen: MODULES.html
 
+# MODULES.html is periodically being generated and copied to the web pages at
+# :ext:address@hidden:/web/gnulib/gnulib/
+# where it then appears at <http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/MODULES.html>.
 MODULES.html: MODULES.html.sh
        ./MODULES.html.sh > MODULES.html