[PATCH] tools/perf: Allow skipping documentation when installing

From: Charlie Jenkins
Date: Thu Apr 17 2025 - 19:04:33 EST


If an enviornment variable NO_DOCS is set to 1, documentation will be
skipped when installing perf.

Signed-off-by: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile b/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile
index 4407b106d9772b32c5c4feed5a39442678679d62..d6ee0e06f0be19880d10e5a6faa8d0319d09c55f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@ install-man: check-man-tools man do-install-man

ifdef missing_tools
DO_INSTALL_MAN = $(warning Please install $(missing_tools) to have the man pages installed)
+else ifeq ($(NO_DOCS),1)
+ DO_INSTALL_MAN = $(warning man pages will not be installed because NO_DOCS is defined)
else
DO_INSTALL_MAN = do-install-man
endif

---
base-commit: 1741189d843a1d5ef38538bc52a3760e2e46cb2e
change-id: 20250417-allow_skipping_docs_perf-fa23bb4659ae
--
- Charlie