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authorFrançois J <francois-oss@avalenn.eu>2021-04-23 09:05:46 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2021-05-03 23:10:01 +0200
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treeab59546adef470a0ec123a6eb5d226d859254041 /gnu/packages/version-control.scm
parent71a4e260936b264b722e5359f94a9d93865c7daf (diff)
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gnu: git: add a comment on why we don't build manpages
* gnu/packages/version-control.scm (git)[native-inputs]:
    add back comment skipped by commit
    d1cada0450fca54260fd20ab49d0586d147cbeb3

Signed-off-by: François J. <francois-oss@avalenn.eu>
Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ as well as the classic centralized workflow.")
       ("bash" ,bash-minimal)
       ("bash-for-tests" ,bash)
       ("gettext" ,gettext-minimal)
+      ;; To build the man pages from the git sources, we would need a dependency
+      ;; on a full XML tool chain, and building it actually takes ages.  So we
+      ;; use this lazy approach and use released tarball.
       ("git-manpages"
        ,(origin
           (method url-fetch)