Re: org manual not updating when pulling from git

[Charles Millar <millarc@verizon.net>]

Hi,


On 02/07/2017 02:41 PM, Nick Dokos wrote:
> Charles Millar <millarc@verizon.net> writes:
>
>> When pulling from git, shouldn't the manual be updated if for no other
>> reason than to refelct the most recent org version?
>>
> It depends on what you mean by "the manual" - the texinfo source is updated,
> but any derived files (info, pdf) are not: they are not under source control
> at all.
>
>> Up unitl two or three days ago, this was my experience. Now, however,
>> none of the documentation seems to be updating, e g.
>>
>> current Org mode version 9.0.4 (release_9.0.4-283-g2064b0 @
>> /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/org-mode/lisp/)
>>
>> pdf manual shows version Release 9.0.4 (release 9.0.4-263-gf15728)
>>
> "make doc" or "make pdf" will update the PDF file. If you use one of
> the update targets in the makefile, it may have been updating the pdf
> doc under the covers. Taking a look through recent commits, the only one
> that might be relevant seems to be this:
>
> ,----
> | commit c90c7a33f53ad88dfcc583ad4c77bec306da0b22
> | Author: Marco Wahl <marcowahlsoft@gmail.com>
> | Date:   Wed Feb 1 11:16:16 2017 +0100
> |
> |     targets.mk: Drop the rule to clean at every compile
> |
> |     Rationale: 1. Save time and energy.  2. Use the make tool for what
> |     it's been made.
> `----
>
> So, how do you update?
>
I forgot about make doc; in the past I used it whenever I had to 
recompile org from source; after that the pdf "just updated" each time I 
pulled from git.

Charlie