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Please make docs and makeinfo conditional on the --enable-docs variables


From: Yuri
Subject: Please make docs and makeinfo conditional on the --enable-docs variables, instead of being unconditional
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2023 11:23:24 -0700
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I need to install the latest binutils on an outdated CentOS system where no package manager is available, and the installed gcc is 4.5.2 from 10+ years ago.

Every dependency needs to be rebuilt manually, including binutils.

Binutils unconditionally requires 'makeinfo' which comes from print/texinfo.

It would be a pain to rebuild texinfo on this system.


Since docs is essentially an optional component - binutils should have a corresponding config argument, like --enable-docs, that would be able to disable docs.


Could you please add --enable-docs, or similar, that would simplify life for people who build binutils on outdated systems like the one I use?


Thank you,

Yuri





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