Re: Automake compile bug

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Love" == Love, Mr Gary <address@hidden> writes:

 Love> Hi,
 Love> I downloaded Automake-1.6.tar and tried to build it

(This is an old version.  The current version is 1.6.3.)

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 Love> Configure seemed to work fine, but make didn't.

 Love> /data1/users/XGrads/irix6/automake-1.6>make
 Love> Making all in .
 Love> cd . \
 Love> && /bin/ksh /data1/users/XGrads/irix6/automake-1.6/lib/missing
 Love> --run makeinfo   \
 Love> `echo automake.texi | sed 's,.*/,,'`

This is odd.  `make' should have nothing to do.  Is this a
freshly unpacked tarball or did you touched any file?
Does IRIX make supports any debug flag (make -d?) that could
show why this rule is triggered?

 Love> Making info file `automake.info' from `automake.texi'.
 Love> automake.texi:102: No matching address@hidden ifnottex'.
 Love> automake.texi:141: Unmatched address@hidden'.
 Love> automake.texi:1453: Unknown command `command'.
 Love> automake.texi:1453: Misplaced {.
 Love> automake.texi:1453: Misplaced }.
 Love> makeinfo: Removing output file
 Love> `/data1/users/XGrads/irix6/automake-1.6/automake.info' due to errors; use
 Love> --force to preserve.
 Love> *** Error code 1 (bu21)
 Love> *** Error code 1 (bu21)

 Love> The attached automate.texi appears to be fine in that
 Love> address@hidden ifnottex' does exist on line automake.texi:141.
 Love> Its just not being parsed correctly.

Yep.  Certainly your are running an ancient version of Texinfo.

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Alexandre Duret-Lutz