Re: configure and DocBook XML

On 2020-Nov-26, Paul Förster wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I always compile PostgreSQL from source and never install a pre-compiled package. When I run configure, the last
check,which is for DocBook XML always takes very long compared to all others. It's about 15 to 20 secs or so. I noticed
thatwith many configure scripts, not only the one of PostgreSQL. Why is that?
 

My guess is that it's related to trying to obtain stylesheets from
remote Internet locations that are missing locally.