Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] So why does building stuff in the docbook directory use DocB

From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2017 02:16:17 -0700
On Apr 29, 2017, at 1:56 AM, Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This fails when there’s no catalog to map the URL to a local resource.

What is a "local resource" in this context?  Why is there a need to map it to a local resource, rather than just reading it from the URL in question?

Removing --nonet seems to make it Just Work on my Mac with the version of AsciiDoc I downloaded, built, and installed ages ago.