[GNC] Build 4.8 docs issue

[Geert Janssens]

Op zaterdag 2 oktober 2021 18:14:02 CEST schreef Mike Commissaris:
> Installing past versions of docs (ver 4.4) went smoothly.
> With ver 4.8 docs build, starting the install from my script file ./
> gnucash-docs-4.8.sh
> I get an error at line 11: ./configure: No such file or directory
> Sure enough, there is no configure script file in my 4.8 docs build
> directory.
> I have searched for answers but have not figured out how to build docs in
> ver 4.8.
> Any suggestions or pointer to documentation?

The autotools based build system for gnucash-docs has been deprecated in  
favor of the cmake based build system.

In gnucash-docs 4.8, the bits to use autotools have been fully removed.

The new way of building is summarized as follows:

- create a build directory (eg 'build') next to your source directory
- cd build
- cmake ../<source-dir>
- make

If you used to set an installation prefix while running configure you may want 
do to the equivalent for your cmake run.
The syntax is "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<path-to-install>"

Regards,

Geert