groff-1.23.0.rc4 - no ./configure?

[Alejandro Colomar]

On 4/25/23 00:25, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> [CC += CGit]
> 
> Hi Branden!
> 
> On 4/25/23 00:14, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
>> Hi Oliver,
>>
>> At 2023-04-24T22:40:23+0200, Oliver Corff wrote:
>>> I went to https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/groff.git today to
>>> download the rc4 tarball groff-1.23.0.rc4.tar.gz and unpacked the
>>> archive.
>>
>> I've made the same mistake myself!
>>
>> The official distribution archives are not available via the cgit
>> interface.  cgit doesn't know about FSF deployment procedures and hasn't
>> been taught.
> 
> Curious way to put it.  I wondered something along those lines recently:
> Is it possible to teach cgit how to create a tarball?  It would be nice
> if I just made a tag and cgit would do the automated process necessary
> for the tarball.
> 
> Moreover, I considered not releasing tarballs anymore as a possibility,
> since one can produce them following some repeatable command.
> 
> Would I be able to teach cgit to run
> 
>     $ make dist-gz
> 
> And then find the tarball in ./.tmp/$(git describe).tar.gz ?

Probably not.  My guess is that cgit just calls git-archive(1).

> 
> Cheers,
> Alex
> 
>>
>> As noted in the RC announcement email[1], you need to get the
>> distribution archive from the alpha.gnu.org website.
>>
>>   https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/groff/
>>
>>> How do I configure the makefile? I fail to see a ./configure script.
>>
>> Carlos's response here was correct--you have to use the INSTALL.REPO
>> instructions if you want to build from the Git repository--but if you
>> want to provide feedback on the release candidate, then that's not the
>> procedure to follow.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Branden
>>
>> [1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2023-04/msg00135.html
>