On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, Brooks Moses wrote: > I would like to propose that a "make pdf" target be added to the GCC general > makefile.
I agree. If you look at the current GNU Coding Standards you'll see a series of targets {,install-}{html,dvi,pdf,ps} and associated directories for installation. At present, we have html, dvi and install-html support. Because we're using an autoconf version before 2.60, we have a special configure option --with-htmldir; 2.60 adds the --htmldir option (likewise --pdfdir etc.). Automake directories automatically support building these formats, but not installing them before automake 1.10 which isn't out yet. So a move to autoconf 2.60/2.61 and automake 1.10 (for gcc and src) will substantially help get these targets supported throughout both repositories. Apart from the new configure options, which will require all toplevel and all subdirectories to move to autoconf >= 2.60 before they can be used, you can add support bit-by-bit. For example, you could start by adding the new targets to toplevel (in both gcc and src). Then you could add dummy targets that do nothing to the subdirectories without documentation, so that the targets can actually be used at toplevel. Adding proper support for the targets to the "gcc" subdirectory, or any other subdirectory that doesn't use automake, should be essentially independent of changes to other subdirectories. -- Joseph S. Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED]