Re: problem building Linux-PAM-1.7.1

On 10/31/25 2:46 PM, Richard ([email protected] via blfs-support Mailing 
List) wrote:
> I am following the blfs-12.4 stable book. I haven't installed
> the optional dependencies for Linux-PAM-1.7.1 needed
> to build the documentation, but I downloaded the optional
> documentation file instead. I don't do the initial sed because
> I haven't installed docbook, etc. When I issue the meson setup
> command I get the following error:
>
> --- stderr ---
> I/O warning : failed to load 
> "http://docbook.org/xml/5.0/rng/docbookxi.rng": No such file or directory
> Relax-NG parser error : xmlRelaxNGParse: could not load 
> http://docbook.org/xml/5.0/rng/docbookxi.rng
> Relax-NG schema http://docbook.org/xml/5.0/rng/docbookxi.rng failed to 
> compile
> ../doc/man/meson.build:42:2: ERROR: Command `/usr/bin/xmllint --nonet 
> --noout --xinclude --relaxng 
> http://docbook.org/xml/5.0/rng/docbookxi.rng misc_conv.3.xml` failed 
> with status 5.
>
> So it looks as though Linux-PAM requires the docbook programs.
> Is there a way I can specify that I don't want the documentation to
> be built? If not, should the optional dependencies for the documentation
> be required instead?
>
> I also tried leaving off the -D docdir=/usr/share/doc/Linux-PAM-1.7.1
> line from meson setup, but I got the same error.
>
> I looked at the options from meson help setup but I couldn't find an 
> option
> to turn off the documentation. 

Use -Ddocs=disabled when running meson.

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