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Re: How to disable docs when building Git from sources

From
Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date
Mar 25, 2019, 07:14 UTC
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Am 25.03.19 um 07:40 schrieb Jeffrey Walton:
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> I'm working on a low-resource dev-board. It is missing a lot of
> utilities to save space. I'm building Git 2.20 from sources. Make is
> failing due to '/bin/sh: 1: msgfmt: not found'. I don't cross-compile
> because that's a bigger pain in the ass than waiting for the native
> build to finish.
> 
> I ran './configure --help' but I don't see a way to disable the docs.
> In the past I tired --disable-docs but it had no effect.
> 
> How do I disable the docs?
These are message translations, not documentation. To disable them, set
NO_GETTEXT=Yes
in your config.mak.
-- Hannes
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