Re: Patch for building docs in a different directory

Ian Lance Taylor writes:

> I normally build in a directory other than the source directory. When
> I tried to build the documentation that way, it failed. This patch,
> against today's CVS sources, fixes the problem.

Done

>
> Ian
>
> Index: src/Makefile
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /home/projects/pgsql/cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/Makefile,v
> retrieving revision 1.16
> diff -u -r1.16 Makefile
> --- src/Makefile 2001/02/17 16:47:57 1.16
> +++ src/Makefile 2001/03/24 22:05:27
> @@ -43,17 +43,17 @@
> programmer.tar:
> $(MAKE) -C sgml clean
> $(MAKE) -C sgml programmer.html
> - cd sgml && $(TAR) -cf ../$@ $(TAREXCLUDE) *.html -C ../graphics catalogs.gif connections.gif
> + cd sgml && $(TAR) -cf ../$@ $(TAREXCLUDE) *.html -C `cd $(srcdir); /bin/pwd`/graphics catalogs.gif connections.gif

`cd $(srcdir) && pwd` would be the more conservative approach.

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