Re: makeinfo

[Bob Rossi]

On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 09:59:57AM +0100, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> Hi Bob,
> 
> * Bob Rossi wrote on Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 12:26:53AM CET:
> > 
> > When I run configure I get this error,
> > 
> > ...
> > Making all in src
> > Making all in doc
> > Updating ../../cgdb/doc/version.texi
> > /home/bob/cvs/cgdb/cgdb/cgdb/config/missing: line 46: makeinfo: command not 
> > found
> > 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.
> 
> Looks like a warning rather than an error to me.

And what a warning it is!

> > Do I need to have that program installed to run configure? I'm running
> > this out of a CVS repo of a program, that has all the autotool files
> > checked in. Not from a 'make dist' of the autotools.
> 
> Does it have the .info files checked in?

No, the .info or version.texi is not checked in, is this the problem?

Thanks,
Bob Rossi