doc.common.mk 1.3

[Udo Erdelhoff]

Hi,
On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 02:20:28PM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 01:09:56PM +0100, Udo Erdelhoff wrote:
> 
> > I understand the need for some "guess-the-langcode-from-the-path"
> > logic in the current build infrastructure to handle "cd /usr/doc;make"
> > and stuff like that.  I am not happy with it (what's so bad about
> > adding LANGCODE?=<whatever> to each Makefile?), but that is another
> > matter.
> 
> Actually, that is a very good question.

My usual assumption is that people thought about this when setting
up the current guess-the-langcode system.  In other words, there
must be a good reason.  The only one I can think of is the problem
of changing langcodes (like the change to X11-compatible names we
did some time back).
 
> By extension, if there is a lot of stuff that translations need to carry
> around, then what is wrong with ".include ${DOC_PREFIX}/share/mk/doc.jp.mk"
> or similar?

Yes, this could help a lot, because it makes it possible to set the
LANGCODE, maybe different binaries (especially for the generation
of .txt files, this seems to be broken for DE still), etc.

/s/Udo
-- 
Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level and
then beat you with experience.
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 305 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-doc/attachments/20031231/4a6b2b4e/attachment.sig>