From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs can't be built without recent makeinfo Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:45:50 -0400 Message-ID: References: <18449.25073.494568.381521@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1209131189 18117 80.91.229.12 (25 Apr 2008 13:46:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:46:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Nick Roberts Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 25 15:47:04 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JpOGL-0008Tb-Gh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:46:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57320 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JpOFa-0006SS-Bb for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:46:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JpOFV-0006Rx-FU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:46:01 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JpOFT-0006RG-Ut for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:46:01 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40003 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JpOFT-0006R0-N5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:45:59 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JpOFT-000065-Au for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:45:59 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvYEALN9EUhMCpew/2dsb2JhbACBUqsB X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,707,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="19152169" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca (HELO smtp.teksavvy.com) ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 25 Apr 2008 09:45:50 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([76.10.151.176]) by smtp.teksavvy.com (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id FRS57850; Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:45:50 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 892538064; Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:45:50 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <18449.25073.494568.381521@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> (Nick Roberts's message of "Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:45:37 +1200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:95939 Archived-At: >> From configure: > if test "$MAKEINFO" = "no"; then > { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: makeinfo >= 4.6 is required " >&5 > echo "$as_me: error: makeinfo >= 4.6 is required " >&2;} > { (exit 1); exit 1; }; } > fi > Do we really want to stop the build process completely just because the online > manuals can't be properly built? Indeed, no. Especially since they are supposed to be pre-built in the tarball. The test should/could be moved to the Makefile, maybe? Stefan