Re: [Groff] new automake system

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> I am using 64 bit Linux Mint 16.  I can build groff just fine. 
>> When I try the new build system as shown below, bootstrap starts
>> downloading gnulib.  It shouldn't need it.  I already have what
>> groff needs to build.
> 
> Well, that's how gnulib works when it is integrated. You download
> its git repository as a git submodule.

The memory consumption can be reduced in case you have the `gnulib'
repository already checked out separately.  You should then use

  ./bootstrap --gnulib-srcdir=...

In this case, it does a shallow clone, reducing the needed memory from
currently 103MByte to 58MByte.

> However you only have to do this once, and in the distributed
> tarball only the files that are needed are added (in gnulib_m4 and
> in lib).

Exactly.


    Werner