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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Re: srcdir/objdir issues and including variableusability issues with xsltproc
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 02:47:19PM -0800, Alex Lancaster wrote: > I understand, and it's why I am suggesting the catalog.in extraction > as a possible generic solution. I have things working now, and will post documentation of what I did so the archives can find something for "autoconf". > JL> I am not not even providing RPMs ! This issue is totally unrelated > JL> really. > > No it isn't unrelated, because my point was that pre-built "binaries" > (they aren't really binaries in this case) whether they be RPMs or > .deb or whatever, are about the only way to reliably distribute > packages for non-developers. I meant it was unrelated to my problem, sorry for not being clear. > It's not such a problem for C programs, again because GCC is mature > and pretty much standard for all distros at this point, whereas the It's not a problem for C programs, because GCC has a simple, clear, obvious method for finding include files (BOTH system and local), of which the basics can be understand in 5 minutes. These XML tools have gone for an XML way which is enormously difficult to use in comparison. But I don't want to get into "name calling" :) I think I've made the point anyway. > I will see what I can come up with your test case and send to you. Thanks for pointing out the problem, I will see what DV thinks about it. regards, john
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