Re: NO_BUILD handling

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 05:02:42PM -0700, Brook Milligan wrote:
> I am asking because I have a LaTeX package that needs to run latex on
> a *.ins file in order to generate the *.sty file prior to installing. 
> However, the texlive/package.mk file (conditionally) defines the
> NO_BUILD make variable, so no *-build targets (the logical place to put
> the latex command) get run.  If the mechanism was based upon the value
> defined, i.e., yes/no, then this package could override the default and
> work.

I'd say just remove the NO_BUILD and provide an empty do-build target
instead. That means packages can use the normal pre-/post-build for
customisation.

Joerg