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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: "Mutiny " <mutiny.mutiny@rediffmail.com>
Cc: 29731@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29731: emacs build broken (makeinfo)
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2017 10:59:04 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83mv2jrquf.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171216073852.1419.qmail@f4mail-235-231.rediffmail.com> (mutiny.mutiny@rediffmail.com)

> Date: 16 Dec 2017 07:38:52 -0000
> From: "Mutiny " <mutiny.mutiny@rediffmail.com>
> 
> since today the emacs build fails on makeinfo >= 4.13, however texinfo-6.4-6 is installed:

Which branch of the Emacs repository produces this?

> checking for setfattr... yes
> configure: error: You do not seem to have makeinfo >= 4.13, and your
> source tree does not seem to have pre-built manuals in the 'info' directory.
> Either install a suitable version of makeinfo, or re-run configure
> with the '--without-makeinfo' option to build without the manuals.
> 
> Installed Packages
> Name         : texinfo
> Version      : 6.4

What does "makeinfo --version" display on your system?





  reply	other threads:[~2017-12-16  8:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-12-16  7:38 bug#29731: emacs build broken (makeinfo) Mutiny 
2017-12-16  8:59 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2017-12-16 21:44 ` bug#29731: resolved&&advice Mutiny 
2021-08-13 13:01   ` bug#29731: configure to distinguish makeinfo present-but-broken from missing-or-old Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-08-13 13:31     ` Robert Pluim
2021-08-13 13:40       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-08-13 14:09         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-13 14:41           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen

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