summary: install requires makeinfo reported: kwright@gis.net, 2001-10-17 Keith Wright sez: > I got guile-1.5.4 and installed it on one machine with no problem. > On another I did ./configure;make as before and it died with: > > > ... > > on.doc vports.doc weaks.doc symbols-deprecated.doc regex-posix.doc ramap.doc unif.doc filesys.doc posix.doc net_db.doc socket.doc | ./guile-snarf-docs-texi > guile.texi \ > > || { rm guile.texi; false; } > > rm -f guile-procedures.txt > > makeinfo --force -o guile-procedures.txt guile.texi || test -f guile-procedures.txt > > /bin/sh: makeinfo: command not found > > make[1]: *** [guile-procedures.txt] Error 1 > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/kwright/build/guile-1.5.4/libguile' > > make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > > I get the impression that it is supposed to build without 'makeinfo', > if this is not so it should be mentioned in the README or INSTALL. NJ 2002-03-08: Addressed partially in Makefile.am, by copying guile-procedures.texi to guile-procedures.txt if makeinfo is not available. However, a better IMO fix would be to include a prebuilt guile-procedures.txt in the distribution.