[bug #68554] consider supporting a "bootstrapping" build profile with minimized dependencies

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Update of bug #68554 (group groff):=0A=0A                  Status:         =
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____________________=0A=0AFollow-up Comment #2:=0A=0A=0A[comment #1 comment=
 #1:]=0A> To add a perspective from a "source distro" builder (Yocto=0A> Pr=
oject/OpenEmbedded), we are currently carrying a patch which disables the=
=0A> contrib and doc directories during the build:=0A> =0A> https://git.ope=
nembedded.org/openembedded-core/commit/?id=3D9deeb7474b2586eb031e4f00a644ae=
d9ccf8cb19=0A> =0A> We cross compile and we disable those when we build the=
 "native" tools=0A> variant, which is effectively our bootstrapping. I'm le=
ss concerned about=0A> perl and more interested in not spending resources b=
uilding things we don't=0A> need/use.=0A> =0A> With that in mind, two confi=
gure options, --disable-contrib and=0A> --disable-docs would be wonderful f=
rom our perspective.=0A=0A`--disable-contrib` should not be troublesome to =
support, and philosophically,=0Ashould be already--they're "contributed com=
ponents" after all, not part of=0A"groff proper", though the groff develope=
rs have steadily assimilated=0Amaintenance of most of the contrib directory=
's contents over the years as=0Aoriginal authors have drifted away.=0A=0AI'=
m less sanguine about the idea of a `--disable-docs` build.=0A=0AI think yo=
u _want_ to generate the docs as part of any build, because they can=0Awork=
 as acceptance tests.=0A=0Ahttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2026-07=
/msg00042.html=0A=0ADo you skip "make check" as well?=0A=0A=0A    _________=
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