Re: groff-1.18 build problems (bug in Makefile)

[Werner LEMBERG]

> 1. Building groff-1.18 outside the source tree fails, but this can
> be corrected by the attached patch

Fixed already in the CVS, thanks.

> 2. Even with that patch (or without VPATH) the make fails. The
> messages from 'make' and from a subsequent 'make -k' are attached
> (not included here because there are overly long lines). A
> subsequent 'make install' succeeds, but installs empty files
> 'gnu.eps' and /gnu.png' in /usr/share/doc/groff/1.18/examples, and
> other files in that directory are probably broken.
> 
> I think you just can't assume that xpmtoppm, pnmdepth, pnmtops, and
> pnmtopng are available!! You should better have up-to-date versions
> of the files generated by these programs in the distribution.

Also fixed in the CVS -- this is, after a `make dist' done with the
current development sources, gnu.png and gnu.eps are part of the
tarball.

I'll release 1.18.1 as soon as I'm back in Germany (in about two
weeks or so).


    Werner