[Help-smalltalk] Re: [bug] doc build fails when Blox isn't available

[Paolo Bonzini]

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Project:      GNU Smalltalk
Version:      <none>
Component:    Build
Category:     bug reports
Priority:     normal
Assigned to:  Unassigned
Reported by:  S11001001
Updated by:   bonzinip
Status:       committed

I know this is a regression from 2.3.x where you didn't need all
packages in order to build documentation.  The problem is that
Stephen's patch is a workaround, which "fixes" the problem by not
building the documentation at all.  If my build configuration changed,
and the patch was in, I might start making distributions with
incomplete .texi files (unless I noticed it).

The right way to fix it could be to use gst-package to extract the list
of files, instead of relying on the .star file.  For example, using the
output of

$(GST_PACKAGE) $(top_srcdir)/packages/blox/tk/package.xml
--list-files=BloxTK | sed s,^,-f

as command line flags to gst-doc.