From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#46837: Makefile dependencies for info files Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:23:26 -0500 Message-ID: References: <2eeeguus2h.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <834khqys2n.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="17316"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) Cc: 46837@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 05 20:24:19 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lIG3d-0004Kd-Oc for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 05 Mar 2021 20:24:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34706 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lIG3c-0008VQ-QS for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:24:16 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37684) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lIG3O-0008V9-Pv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:24:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:52153) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lIG3O-00035s-Ii for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:24:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lIG3O-0001ya-F8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:24:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2021 19:24:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 46837 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: help Original-Received: via spool by 46837-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B46837.16149722187552 (code B ref 46837); Fri, 05 Mar 2021 19:24:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 46837) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Mar 2021 19:23:38 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35462 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lIG30-0001xk-5M for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:23:38 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:47938) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lIG2w-0001xT-Vj for 46837@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:23:36 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:48971) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lIG2r-0002ww-Qb for 46837@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:23:29 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1lIG2o-0001qn-DD; Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:23:27 -0500 X-Spook: Fort Hancock SEL USDOJ FDA Echelon Leuken-Baden utopia X-Ran: NF&'o=%)W|dEYg%Q.m:ib`S>5pD_M.J;wTO_oUL(K*;+V\'Z~TJ^\fxe6zK>B0#9t[=2,y X-Hue: blue X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <834khqys2n.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 05 Mar 2021 09:31:44 +0200") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:201573 Archived-At: 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.