Re: [Bug-AUCTeX] preview-1.284; Building documentation from CVS fails

[Stefan Husmann]

Am 11.08.2010 18:09, schrieb Ralf Angeli:
> Please keep the mailing list copied!
> 
> * Stefan Husmann (2010-08-10) writes:
> 
>> Am 09.08.2010 18:02, schrieb Ralf Angeli:
>>> * Stefan Husmann (2010-08-08) writes:
>>>
>>>> building auctex from CVS sources fails when building the
>>>> documentation. I am under Arch Linux. My Emacs is from the gtk2-tabs
>>>> branch.
> [...]
>>>> makeinfo preview-latex.texi
>>>> /home/haawda/paketierung/maintained_by_me/auctex-cvs/src/auctex-build/doc//preview-latex.texi:449:
>>>>  Cross reference to nonexistent node `Package options' (perhaps incorrect 
>>>> sectioning?).
>>>> /home/haawda/paketierung/maintained_by_me/auctex-cvs/src/auctex-build/doc//preview-latex.texi:430:
>>>>  Cross reference to nonexistent node `Provided commands' (perhaps 
>>>> incorrect sectioning?).
>>>> makeinfo: Removing output file 
>>>> `/home/haawda/paketierung/maintained_by_me/auctex-cvs/src/auctex-build/doc/preview-latex.info'
>>>>  due to errors; use --force to preserve.
>>>> make: *** [preview-latex.info] Error 1
>>>
>>> Is Perl installed?
>>
>> yes, version 5.12.1
> 
> Which commands do you use to build AUCTeX?
> 
> I don't really have an idea yet what the problem could be.  The Makefile
> in the doc subdirectory is supposed to generate the file
> preview-dtxdoc.texi from the preview.dtx source file.  The former file
> is then included in the main preview-latex.texi file.  It looks like
> either the generation or the inclusion is not working in your case.
> 
Hello,

I use a PKGBUILD, 
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/auctex-cvs/auctex-cvs/PKGBUILD

The relevant commands should be  

./autogen.sh || return 1
  ./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var || return 1
  make || return 1

Thank you.

Regards Stefan