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Making dvi target do nothing

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Message #14 received at 60607 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
To: rrt <at> sc3d.org
Cc: nbowler <at> draconx.ca, 60607 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#60607: Making dvi target do nothing
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2023 16:23:33 -0700

How does this change to the doc look? --thanks, karl.


--- a/doc/automake.texi
+++ b/doc/automake.texi
@@ -8885,8 +8885,16 @@ example,
 AM_DISTCHECK_DVI_TARGET = pdf
 @end example
 
-To make @code{dvi} into a do-nothing target, see the example for
-@code{EMPTY_AUTOMAKE_TARGETS} in @ref{Third-Party Makefiles}.
+To make @code{dvi} into a do-nothing target, add it to your
+@file{Makefile.am} with no commands:
+
+@example
+dvi:
+@end example
+
+@noindent
+As usual with Automake, your user-defined target will override
+Automake's target (@pxref{Extending}).
 
 @trindex distcheck-hook
 @subheading distcheck-hook

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