Re: DOC_FIGURES directory replicated causing bloat

[Claude Paroz <claude 2xlibre net>]

Le samedi 15 novembre 2008 à 11:36 +0800, Pg Nor Jaidi Pg Tuah a écrit :
> I am using gnome-doc-utils in my application
> (hosted at http://pasang-emas.sourceforge.net/)
> and encounter an annoying problem.
> 
> Following the documentation, I have the following
> in the Makefile.am file:
> 
> <--- begin cut --->
> include $(top_srcdir)/gnome-doc-utils.make
> dist-hook: doc-dist-hook
> DOC_MODULE = pasang-emas
> ##DOC_ENTITIES = legal.xml
> ##DOC_INCLUDES = filename.c
> DOC_FIGURES = figures/etc
> DOC_LINGUAS = ms ar
> <--- end cut --->
> 
> The trouble is 'make install' will duplicate 'figures'
> for each translation. Since my figures are not
> language-specific, this cause a considerable bloat.
> 
> When I debianize my application, the bloat also
> appears in the deb file.
> 
> Is there any feature in gnome-doc-utils to allow
> figures to be shared by different translations.

I'm afraid not:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=352405

Claude