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

On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 20:45 +0100, Francis Moreau wrote:

Hello,

I'm trying to build the git's documentation, but after pulling v1.7.3.2,
it fails:

  $ make prefix=/usr/local doc
  make -C Documentation all
  make[1]: Entering directory `/home/fmoreau/git/Documentation'
  make[2]: Entering directory `/home/fmoreau/git'
  make[2]: `GIT-VERSION-FILE' is up to date.
  make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/fmoreau/git'
      XMLTO git-fetch.1
  xmlto: /home/fmoreau/git/Documentation/git-fetch.xml does not validate (status 3)
  xmlto: Fix document syntax or use --skip-validation option
  I/O error : Attempt to load network entity http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd
  /home/fmoreau/git/Documentation/git-fetch.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"
                                                                                 ^
  I/O error : Attempt to load network entity http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd
  warning: failed to load external entity "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"
  validity error : Could not load the external subset "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"
  Document /home/fmoreau/git/Documentation/git-fetch.xml does not validate
  make[1]: *** [git-fetch.1] Error 13
  make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/fmoreau/git/Documentation'

Could anybody tell me what's now wrong ?

Without more information, not specifically. However, the fix may be
fairly simple. 

Some distributions are apparently so ancient that they don't include the
version 4.5 and newer Docbook XML XSL & DTD files. RHEL 5 and older make
this list. Putting those files in the local cache and fixing the
appropriate configuration file quiets the errors.

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