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Making dvi target do nothing

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Subject: bug#60607: closed (Re: bug#60607: Making dvi target do nothing)
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2023 01:58:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#60607: Making dvi target do nothing

which was filed against the automake package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 60607 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
To: 60607 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 60607-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#60607: Making dvi target do nothing
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2023 18:57:52 -0700

Thanks. Pushed. -k

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From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
To: bug-automake <bug-automake <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Making dvi target do nothing
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2023 21:53:55 +0100

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I'm using automake 1.16.5. The advice about how to disable the "dvi" target
doesn't seem to work.

In the manual it says:

   To make ‘dvi’ into a do-nothing target, see the example for
‘EMPTY_AUTOMAKE_TARGETS’ in *note Third-Party Makefiles::.

If I have:

EMPTY_AUTOMAKE_TARGETS = dvi
.PHONY: $(EMPTY_AUTOMAKE_TARGETS)
$(EMPTY_AUTOMAKE_TARGETS):

in my Makefile.am, then "TEXI2DVI" is still run by "make distcheck".

If I instead have:

dvi:

then it is not.

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