Hello,
Akira of Debian noticed that ‘make all’ rebuilds and install
PDF/PS/DVI/HTML documentation by default, which prevents default Bash
builds from being bit-reproducible¹.
Given that the GCS suggests installing only the Info version of the
manual by default (info "(standards) Standard Targets"), what about a
change along the lines of the patch below?
--- a/doc/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/Makefile.in
@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ BASHREF_FILES = $(srcdir)/bashref.texi $(srcdir)/fdl.texi $(srcdir)/version.texi
${RM} $@
-${DVIPS} $<
-all: ps info dvi text html
+all: info
nodvi: ps info text html
-everything: all pdf
+everything: all pdf dvi text html
PSFILES = bash.ps bashbug.ps article.ps builtins.ps rbash.ps
DVIFILES = bashref.dvi bashref.ps
In addition, the ‘install’ rule in doc/Makefile.in would need to be
split in ‘install-info’, ‘install-pdf’, etc. (as explained in the GCS),
with ‘install’ depending only on ‘install-info’.
What do you think?
Thanks,
Ludo’.
¹ https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=806945
