make returns error while compiling emacs23.1

make returns error while compiling emacs23.1

[srinivas2828]

Hi friends I am trying to install emacs form a source file into Centos-5.3
and I ran configure commad and its completed successfully and after this I
ran make command then it returns a strange error which says
Error
mkdir -p -- /usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc /usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/lisp
/usr/local/share/info /usr/local/share/man/man1 /usr/local/bin
/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc /usr/local/libexec
/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp /usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/site-lisp
/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/site-lisp /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp
/usr/local/share/applications /usr/local/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps
/usr/local/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps
/usr/local/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps
/usr/local/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps
/usr/local/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps
/usr/local/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
/usr/local/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/mimetypes
makeinfo is missing - cannot build manuals
make: *** [info] Error 1
please help me
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Re: make returns error while compiling emacs23.1

[Glenn Morris]

srinivas2828 wrote:

> makeinfo is missing - cannot build manuals

This is a bug. Either: install makeinfo (although it is not needed) and
re-run configure; or edit the top-level Makefile in the Emacs 23
distribution. Delete the following 3 lines from the "info" target (near
line 821):

        elif test "$(MAKEINFO)" = "no"; then \
          echo "makeinfo is missing - cannot build manuals" ; \
          exit 1 ; \

You will need to edit Makefile.in in the same way if you run configure
again.
 
http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=3982