Bug#628799: apt - build/doc/doxygen does not exist and cannot be created

[Andrey Ponomarenko <aponomarenko@ispras.ru>]

On 06/02/2011 12:39 PM, David Kalnischkies wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 15:05, Andrey Ponomarenko<aponomarenko@ispras.ru>  wrote:
> > Installing man page apt.8 to /home/andrey/install/apt-0.8.14.1/docs
> > Error: tag OUTPUT_DIRECTORY: Output directory `../build/doc/doxygen' does
> > not exist and cannot be created
> > Exiting...
> > make[2]: *** [/home/andrey/install/apt-0.8.14.1/doc/doxygen-stamp] Error 1
> Looks for me like an error coming from doxygen, which in debian is in
> version 1.7.4[-2] (in unstable) which seems to auto-create the output
> directory if it doesn't exist.
>
> Doxygen is generated for a long time so i doubt this auto-creation
> is a new addition in recent times - and a quick look at the debian-diff
> doesn't suggest that a patch was applied. Which version do you use?
very sorry for the long delay,
the doxygen version is 1.6.3

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