bug#3982: Emacs 23.1 configure/Makefile: MAKEINFO=no inconsistent with test for $(MAKEINFO)=off

bug#3982: Emacs 23.1 configure/Makefile: MAKEINFO=no inconsistent with test for $(MAKEINFO)=off

[Helmut Steeb]

Hello,

for http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/emacs-23.1.tar.gz
on KUbuntu 6.06, after running configure, I got a Makefile with

  MAKEINFO=no

(which seems to originate from configure line 5319), but all the tests
in the Makefile compare to "off", like

  test "$(MAKEINFO)" = "off";

Therefore "make install" failed with

  makeinfo is missing - cannot build manuals

After manually adapting Makefile to

  MAKEINFO=off

"make install" it worked fine.

==> either configure should create "Makefile=off",
    or the Makefile tests should check for "no".

Thanks for Emacs!

Helmut
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bug#3982: Emacs 23.1 configure/Makefile: MAKEINFO=no inconsistent with test for $(MAKEINFO)=off

[Glenn Morris]

Helmut Steeb wrote:

> for http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/emacs-23.1.tar.gz
> on KUbuntu 6.06, after running configure, I got a Makefile with
>
>   MAKEINFO=no

That's what you should get if you don't have makeinfo and don't pass
the configure option --without-makeinfo.

> (which seems to originate from configure line 5319), but all the tests
> in the Makefile compare to "off", like
>
>   test "$(MAKEINFO)" = "off";

Yes, because "off" is used to indicate that you've explicitly disabled
the need for makeinfo, rather than it just being missing.

> Therefore "make install" failed with
>
>   makeinfo is missing - cannot build manuals

As you can see from the context of this line in the Makefile, "off"
and "no" have different meanings.

> ==> either configure should create "Makefile=off",
>     or the Makefile tests should check for "no".

No, you should pass the configure option --without-makeinfo.


There is a real issue here though, and it is that the top-level
Makefile does not check whether or not it needs to rebuild any manuals
before checking the value of MAKEINFO. (The manuals are pre-built in
the tarball, specifically so that you don't need makeinfo to install a
released version of Emacs.) This only shows up when doing `make install'.

bug#4283: 23.1; installation process and texinfo

[Ulrich Neumerkel]

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Your bug report will be posted to the bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org mailing list,
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Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
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I did not have makeinfo installed and configured emacs as usually.
configure finished successfully without any complaints.  No error
appeared during configure.  Then, make worked.  But at the very end
make install aborted complaining that makeinfo was not available.

If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger,
please include the output from the following gdb commands:
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If you would like to further debug the crash, please read the file
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In GNU Emacs 23.1.2 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit)
 of 2009-08-28 on gupu2
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10603000
configured using `configure  '--without-toolkit-scroll-bars' '--prefix' '/opt/gupu''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Fundamental

Minor modes in effect:
  diff-auto-refine-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
z e i t SPC d s-u s-u s-u C-x C-s u e r f t e SPC m 
i t t l e r w e i l e SPC j a SPC a u c h SPC s t i 
m m e n . <return> d a s SPC <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> D a s SPC m i t SPC d e n SPC 
U m l a u t e n SPC k l a p p r <backspace> t SPC z 
w a r SPC n o c h SPC i m m e r , <backspace> SPC n 
i c h t , SPC a b e r SPC m a n SPC k a n n <return> 
j a SPC n i c h t SPC a l l e s SPC h a b e n . <return> 
C-x C-s C-x b 1 2 <tab> 3 <tab> C-g C-x C-f 1 2 3 <return> 
C-x k <return> C-x C-f i s o <tab> 1 2 3 <return> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> C-x 
C-f <M-backspace> <M-backspace> l o g <return> <return> 
<return> <return> C-y <M-backspace> <M-backspace> <help-echo> 
<down-mouse-1> <mouse-movement> <mouse-1> C-y C-x C-s 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <down-mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> C-x C-f C-g <return> <return> C-y C-x C-s 
<return> <return> T h e r e SPC a r e SPC n o t SPC 
t h a t SPC m a n y SPC a l t e r n a t i v s . . <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> e s . . . C-x C-s <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <return> <return> 
<return> t e x i n f o C-x C-s <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<menu-bar> <help-menu> <send-emacs-bug-report>

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bug#4283: 23.1; installation process and texinfo

[Glenn Morris]

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Ulrich Neumerkel wrote:

> I did not have makeinfo installed and configured emacs as usually.
> configure finished successfully without any complaints.  No error
> appeared during configure.  Then, make worked.  But at the very end
> make install aborted complaining that makeinfo was not available.

This was reported previously, and I will fix it at some point.

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From: Helmut Steeb <hs2009@bible2.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Emacs 23.1 configure/Makefile: MAKEINFO=no inconsistent with test for $(MAKEINFO)=off
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:23:55 +0200
Message-ID: <4A71F34B.2060301@bible2.net>

Hello,

for http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/emacs-23.1.tar.gz
on KUbuntu 6.06, after running configure, I got a Makefile with

  MAKEINFO=no

(which seems to originate from configure line 5319), but all the tests
in the Makefile compare to "off", like

  test "$(MAKEINFO)" = "off";

Therefore "make install" failed with

  makeinfo is missing - cannot build manuals

After manually adapting Makefile to

  MAKEINFO=off

"make install" it worked fine.

==> either configure should create "Makefile=off",
    or the Makefile tests should check for "no".

Thanks for Emacs!

Helmut
-- 
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hs2009@bible2.net (akt. Jahr einsetzen / insert current year)



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From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: 3982-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: Re: bug#3982: Emacs 23.1 configure/Makefile: MAKEINFO=no inconsistent with test for $(MAKEINFO)=off
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:20:33 -0400
Message-ID: <jxr5uvmkcu.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org>


  * Makefile.in (info-real): Don't ignore errors from doc Makefiles.
  (info): Don't give an error in the absence of makeinfo - let the doc
  Makefiles do that, if the info files need rebuilding. (Bug#3982)

bug#4283: marked as done (23.1; installation process and texinfo)

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From: Ulrich Neumerkel <ulrich@complang.tuwien.ac.at>
To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: 23.1; installation process and texinfo
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:02:08 +0200
Message-ID: <E1Mh4q0-00014x-K2@a4.complang.tuwien.ac.at>

--text follows this line--

Please write in English if possible, because the Emacs maintainers
usually do not have translators to read other languages for them.

Your bug report will be posted to the bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org mailing list,
and to the gnu.emacs.bug news group.

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

I did not have makeinfo installed and configured emacs as usually.
configure finished successfully without any complaints.  No error
appeared during configure.  Then, make worked.  But at the very end
make install aborted complaining that makeinfo was not available.

If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger,
please include the output from the following gdb commands:
    `bt full' and `xbacktrace'.
If you would like to further debug the crash, please read the file
/opt/gupu/share/emacs/23.1/etc/DEBUG for instructions.


In GNU Emacs 23.1.2 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit)
 of 2009-08-28 on gupu2
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10603000
configured using `configure  '--without-toolkit-scroll-bars' '--prefix' '/opt/gupu''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Fundamental

Minor modes in effect:
  diff-auto-refine-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
z e i t SPC d s-u s-u s-u C-x C-s u e r f t e SPC m 
i t t l e r w e i l e SPC j a SPC a u c h SPC s t i 
m m e n . <return> d a s SPC <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> D a s SPC m i t SPC d e n SPC 
U m l a u t e n SPC k l a p p r <backspace> t SPC z 
w a r SPC n o c h SPC i m m e r , <backspace> SPC n 
i c h t , SPC a b e r SPC m a n SPC k a n n <return> 
j a SPC n i c h t SPC a l l e s SPC h a b e n . <return> 
C-x C-s C-x b 1 2 <tab> 3 <tab> C-g C-x C-f 1 2 3 <return> 
C-x k <return> C-x C-f i s o <tab> 1 2 3 <return> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> C-x 
C-f <M-backspace> <M-backspace> l o g <return> <return> 
<return> <return> C-y <M-backspace> <M-backspace> <help-echo> 
<down-mouse-1> <mouse-movement> <mouse-1> C-y C-x C-s 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <down-mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> C-x C-f C-g <return> <return> C-y C-x C-s 
<return> <return> T h e r e SPC a r e SPC n o t SPC 
t h a t SPC m a n y SPC a l t e r n a t i v s . . <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> e s . . . C-x C-s <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <return> <return> 
<return> t e x i n f o C-x C-s <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<menu-bar> <help-menu> <send-emacs-bug-report>

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: 3982-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: Re: bug#3982: Emacs 23.1 configure/Makefile: MAKEINFO=no inconsistent with test for $(MAKEINFO)=off
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:20:33 -0400
Message-ID: <jxr5uvmkcu.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org>


  * Makefile.in (info-real): Don't ignore errors from doc Makefiles.
  (info): Don't give an error in the absence of makeinfo - let the doc
  Makefiles do that, if the info files need rebuilding. (Bug#3982)