makeinfo

Joel Sherrill joel.sherrill at oarcorp.com
Fri Jun 22 15:50:29 UTC 2007


Kirspel, Kevin wrote:
>
> When compiling binutils-2.17 with patch file patch 
> binutils-2.17-rtems4.7-20061021.diff on my linux box I get the 
> following error:
>
> Making info in doc
>
> make[3]: Entering directory `/home/kirspelk/sandbox/b_bin/bfd/doc'
>
> restore=: && backupdir=".am$$" && \
>
> am__cwd=`pwd` && cd ../../../binutils-2.17/bfd/doc && \
>
> rm -rf $backupdir && mkdir $backupdir && \
>
> for f in ../../../binutils-2.17/bfd/doc/bfd.info 
> ../../../binutils-2.17/bfd/doc/bfd.info-[0-9] 
> ../../../binutils-2.17/bfd/doc/bfd.info-[0-9][0-9] 
> ../../../binutils-2.17/bfd/doc/bfd.i[0-9] 
> ../../../binutils-2.17/bfd/doc/bfd.i[0-9][0-9]; do \
>
> if test -f $f; then mv $f $backupdir; restore=mv; else :; fi; \
>
> done; \
>
> cd "$am__cwd"; \
>
> if /home/kirspelk/sandbox/binutils-2.17/missing makeinfo 
> --split-size=5000000 --split-size=5000000 -I 
> ../../../binutils-2.17/bfd/doc \
>
> -o ../../../binutils-2.17/bfd/doc/bfd.info 
> ../../../binutils-2.17/bfd/doc/bfd.texinfo; \
>
> then \
>
> rc=0; \
>
> cd ../../../binutils-2.17/bfd/doc; \
>
> else \
>
> rc=$?; \
>
> cd ../../../binutils-2.17/bfd/doc && \
>
> $restore $backupdir/* `echo 
> "./../../../binutils-2.17/bfd/doc/bfd.info" | sed 's|[^/]*$||'`; \
>
> fi; \
>
> rm -rf $backupdir; exit $rc
>
> WARNING: `makeinfo' is missing on your system. You should only need it if
>
> you modified a `.texi' or `.texinfo' file, or any other file
>
> indirectly affecting the aspect of the manual. The spurious
>
> call might also be the consequence of using a buggy `make' (AIX,
>
> DU, IRIX). You might want to install the `Texinfo' package or
>
> the `GNU make' package. Grab either from any GNU archive site.
>
> make[3]: *** [../../../binutils-2.17/bfd/doc/bfd.info] Error 1
>
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/kirspelk/sandbox/b_bin/bfd/doc'
>
> Making info in po
>
> make[3]: Entering directory `/home/kirspelk/sandbox/b_bin/bfd/po'
>
> make[3]: Nothing to be done for `info'.
>
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/kirspelk/sandbox/b_bin/bfd/po'
>
> make[3]: Entering directory `/home/kirspelk/sandbox/b_bin/bfd'
>
> make[3]: Nothing to be done for `info-am'.
>
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/kirspelk/sandbox/b_bin/bfd'
>
> make[2]: *** [info-recursive] Error 1
>
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/kirspelk/sandbox/b_bin/bfd'
>
> make[1]: *** [all-bfd] Error 2
>
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/kirspelk/sandbox/b_bin'
>
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> It says I don’t have makeinfo on my system but when I type “makeinfo 
> –version” on the command line I the response below.
>
> [kirspelk at localhost b_bin]$ makeinfo --version
>
> makeinfo (GNU texinfo) 4.3
>
> Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>
> There is NO warranty. You may redistribute this software
>
> under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
>
> For more information about these matters, see the files named COPYING.
>
> [kirspelk at localhost b_bin]$ /usr/local/bin/makeinfo --version
>
> makeinfo (GNU texinfo) 4.3
>
> Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>
> There is NO warranty. You may redistribute this software
>
> under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
>
> For more information about these matters, see the files named COPYING.
>
> [kirspelk at localhost b_bin]$ /usr/bin/makeinfo --version
>
> makeinfo (GNU texinfo) 4.3
>
> Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>
> There is NO warranty. You may redistribute this software
>
> under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
>
> For more information about these matters, see the files named COPYING.
>
> Is there an issue with not being able to find makeinfo?
>
>   
That's pretty old. Maybe the configure script refused to
consider it new enough for use. Look at the various
config.log's. The version on Fedora Core 6 is:

makeinfo --version
makeinfo (GNU texinfo) 4.8

Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
There is NO warranty. You may redistribute this software
under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
For more information about these matters, see the files named COPYING.

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