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Re: Can't build doc anymore (v1.7.3.2)

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Drew Northup <drew.northup@maine.edu>
Date
Nov 23, 2010, 17:06 UTC
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On Tue, 2010-11-23 at 17:36 +0100, Francis Moreau wrote:
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> Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:
> 
> [...]
> 
> >> I recommend re-installing the docbook-dtds package alone and in
> >> isolation from other Yum/RPM transactions. If the xmlcatalog file is
> >> correctly regenerated AND the docbook files are there AND you have
> >> (re)run ./configure prior to running make AND you don't have filesystem
> >
> > Don't do that unless you're using configure for git usually. I don't
> > think Francis is, he's setting make variables.
> >
> 
> I won't, I just call make with some variables set.
> 
> >> errors THEN you should have a successful build. (Barring something that
> >> crawls up out of the rabbit hole--other than a rabbit.)
> >> 
> >> Fix the most obvious possible problems first before seeking
> >> off-the-beaten-path solutions or worse blaming somebody.
> >> 
> >
> > ???
> >
> > catalog sent to Francis off-list, which closes this topic for me.
> 
> Not really I'm afraid...
> 
>   xmlto -m manpage-normal.xsl --skip-validation man git-diff-index.xml
>   I/O error : Attempt to load network entity http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd
>   /home/fmoreau/git/Documentation/git-diff-index.xml:2: warning: failed to load external entity "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"
>   D DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"
> 
> This is with your catalog.

I really hope you don't have any filesystem errors. May be worth checking before attempting to reinstall the docbook-dtds package.

In any case, you are apparently missing the docbook XML 4.5 DTD/XSL files (from your local cache). It automagically fails over to trying to fetch them over the internet (which I've noted doesn't work very well).

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  1. Francis MoreauNov 22, 2010
  2. Drew NorthupNov 22, 2010
  3. Francis MoreauNov 22, 2010
  4. Drew NorthupNov 22, 2010
  5. Francis MoreauNov 23, 2010
  6. Michael J GruberNov 23, 2010
  7. Francis MoreauNov 23, 2010
  8. Michael J GruberNov 23, 2010
  9. Francis MoreauNov 23, 2010
  10. Michael J GruberNov 23, 2010
  11. Francis MoreauNov 23, 2010
  12. Michael J GruberNov 23, 2010
  13. Francis MoreauNov 23, 2010
  14. Michael J GruberNov 23, 2010
  15. Francis MoreauNov 23, 2010
  16. Drew NorthupNov 23, 2010
  17. Michael J GruberNov 23, 2010
  18. Francis MoreauNov 23, 2010
  19. Drew NorthupNov 23, 2010
  20. Francis MoreauNov 23, 2010
  21. Junio C HamanoNov 24, 2010
  22. git@drmicha.warpmail.netNov 25, 2010
  23. Francis MoreauNov 25, 2010
  24. Francis MoreauNov 23, 2010
  25. Pascal ObryNov 22, 2010
  26. Francis MoreauNov 22, 2010

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