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bug #34988: no texi2dvi produces error: "missing is missing"

Submitted by:  None
Submitted on:  Sun 04 Dec 2011 10:52:53 PM UTC  
 
Category: Configuration and Build SystemSeverity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: Build Failure
Status: NoneAssigned to: None
Originator Name: Originator Email: -unavailable-
Open/Closed: ClosedRelease: dev
Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Tue 06 Dec 2011 04:27:14 AM UTC, comment #4:

I agree that this sounds like something for the octave-help mailing list. At least for my installation, the file 'missing' is supplied by gnulib so perhaps there is something wrong not with Octave, but with your gnulib installation.

Rik <rik5>
Project Administrator
Mon 05 Dec 2011 12:31:31 PM UTC, comment #3:

Thanks for the detail. When configure is done it produces a config.log file. Please attach yours so that we can take a look.

Also, please cut and paste the entire error as well as some context above and below to allow use to isolate it.

Finally, when configure completes it gives a summary. That would be useful as well.

Ben Abbott <bpabbott>
Project Member
Mon 05 Dec 2011 09:52:28 AM UTC, comment #2:

configure checks for texi2dvi and found that there is no
texi2ddvi.

And then for some reason unknown by me, make claims
that there should be a file called missing.

That is the error, maybe there should be a file called missing
in octave base when something is missing.

But even when I copy such a file to this place (there is one somewhere) this doesn't help.

Of course its a type of error, I only face when compiling octave
from scratch.
Ciau Erich

Anonymous
Mon 05 Dec 2011 01:44:30 AM UTC, comment #1:

You can disable building the docs, but adding "--disable-docs" to the configure script options.

This subject looks to be better suited for the mail-lists.

http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/archive.html

What action are you hoping the developers will take for the troubles you encountered?

Ben Abbott <bpabbott>
Project Member
Sun 04 Dec 2011 10:52:53 PM UTC, original submission:

In order to complete octaves make process one has to install
texi2pdf and edit the makefile to avoid following
error message.

It is not possible at least for me to proceed without the pdf files. I had to install texi2dvi and alter the makefiles.

by the way epstool is't available for fedora and one has to search for it
http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/epstool.htm

Ciau Erich

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