From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 46837@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#46837: Makefile dependencies for info files
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:23:26 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d1zgzhwgk1.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <834khqys2n.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 05 Mar 2021 09:31:44 +0200")
Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> So the poor souls who don't have makeinfo could "touch info/emacs.info"
> and have the build continue instead of failing? If this works, I
> think it's a fine solution. It would be even better if the advice to
> "touch info/emacs.info" would be included in the error message printed
> when we find no makeinfo.
I would not recommend that, which in any case would only get past the
configure step, leaving make to fail. Instead I would recommend
installing makeinfo, which is widely available and where even an
ancient version will do.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-03-05 19:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-28 23:39 bug#46837: Makefile dependencies for info files Glenn Morris
2021-03-01 16:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-04 18:53 ` Glenn Morris
2021-03-04 19:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-04 19:00 ` Glenn Morris
2021-03-05 4:45 ` Glenn Morris
2021-03-05 7:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-05 19:23 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2021-03-05 19:34 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-07 10:52 ` Michael Albinus
2021-03-07 17:14 ` Glenn Morris
2021-03-07 17:22 ` Michael Albinus
2021-03-07 17:33 ` Glenn Morris
2021-03-07 17:49 ` Michael Albinus
2021-03-07 17:38 ` Glenn Morris
2021-03-08 17:51 ` Glenn Morris
2021-03-08 17:58 ` Michael Albinus
2021-03-05 20:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-06 17:38 ` Glenn Morris
2021-03-06 18:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
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