[tlbuild] Building xindy for TL2010: two questions

[Joachim Schrod]

2010/6/9 Nikola Lečić <nikola.lecic at anthesphoria.net>:
> Peter Breitenlohner <peb at mppmu.mpg.de> wrote
>  in <alpine.LNX.2.00.1006090905120.11240 at pcl321.mppmu.mpg.de>
>  on Wed, 9 Jun 2010 09:24:49 +0200 (CEST):
>
>> The default value for '--enable-xindy-rules' and
>> '--enable-xindy-docs' is no in a `native TeX Live build' and yes
>> otherwise.
>>
>> Finally $enable_xindy_rules=yes && $LATEX=no gives an error, same for
>> $enable_xindy_docs=yes &&  $enable_xindy_rules=yes && $PDFLATEX=no.
>>
>> So an attempt to build rules or docs files (explicitly requested or
>> selected as default) will fail without LATEX/PDFLATEX.
>
> So, what should builders do when compiling TL2010 in an environment
> without (pdf)LaTeX?

AFAIU Peter: Neither rules nor docs are built when compiling TL2010,
so no (pdf)LaTeX is needed. Thus: ignore it.

Peter, that changes the situation, I didn't know that. Of course we can
postpone cleanup actions after TL2010.

Cheers,
                 Joachim