[bug #68561] Makefile.am: uses host environment's soelim(1), not the build's, to generate man pages

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:50:50 -0400 (EDT)
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URL:=0A  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?68561>=0A=0A                 Summa=
ry: Makefile.am: uses host environment's soelim(1), not=0Athe build's, to g=
enerate man pages=0A                   Group: GNU roff=0A               Sub=
mitter: gbranden=0A               Submitted: Sat 25 Jul 2026 06:50:44 PM UT=
C=0A                Category: General=0A                Severity: 3 - Norma=
l=0A              Item Group: Build/Installation=0A                  Status=
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----------------------------------------=0ADate: Sat 25 Jul 2026 06:50:44 P=
M UTC By: G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>=0A[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/h=
tml/groff/2026-07/msg00010.html Reported by=0AAlexis.]=0A=0AFix pushed on 1=
9 July.=0A=0A=0Acommit d6675ad14d71b4b36b2274b889cd1e2594bfc79c=0AAuthor: G=
. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>=0AAuthorDate: Sun Jul 19 =
08:45:20 2026 -0500=0A=0A    Stop using host's soelim(1).=0A    =0A    * Ma=
kefile.am: Stop using (and relying on) a soelim(1) program in the=0A      h=
ost environment; we build what we need.  Define macro `SOELIMBIN`.=0A    =
=0A      (.man): Drop prerequisite, which can't portably be used with a suf=
fix=0A      rule.  Use the new macro's interpolation, instead of a literal,=
 in the=0A      recipe.=0A    =0A    * doc/doc.am ($(GROFF_MAN_PAGES_ALL)):=
 Add dependency-only target=0A      declaring "soelim" as prerequisite.=0A =
   =0A    Fixes build failure in environment lacking an existing *roff=0A  =
  installation.  Thanks to Alexis Hildebrandt for the report in=0A    <http=
s://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2026-07/msg00010.html>.=0A    =0A    C=
ontinues/corrects commit addb861989, 3 July.=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A =
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