Re: problem building Linux-PAM-1.7.1

On 10/31/25 1:46 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.

Did you try '-D docs=false'  ??

   -- Bruce

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