Re: makeinfo: missing file argument

[Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>]

Am 5.4.2012 um 18:26 schrieb Glenn Morris:

> Kuroishi Mitsuo wrote:
> 
>> (cd doc/emacs; make  info)
>> /usr/bin/makeinfo --force --enable-encoding -I /home/kuroishi/download/emacs/doc/emacs -o /home/kuroishi/download/emacs/doc/emacs/../../info/emacs
>> makeinfo: missing file argument.
> 
> The questions I would ask are:
> 
> What version of make are you using?

Config.log tells: 

	checking whether we are using GNU Make
	result: no


> What is /bin/sh for you (eg bash, dash, etc)?

	SHELL='/bin/bash'  (from config.log too)


The make programme Mitsuo is using looks suspicious. I also wonder why configure uses lines like:

	checking for getifaddrs
	gcc -std=gnu99 -o conftest -g -O2     -Wl,-znocombreloc conftest.c  >&5 -L/usr/local/lib
	$? = 0
	result: yes

Shouldn't ">&5" come last? On a few occasions configure reports:

	gnome-config: not found
	result: no
	(checking for lgetfilecon in -lselinux)



The comparison also showed in *my* config.log file mostly the use of gcc, but there are also lines like:

	checking sys/un.h usability
	gcc -std=gnu99 -I/opt/local/include -L/opt/local/lib -c -g -O2 -I/opt/local/include      conftest.c >&5
	$? = 0
	result: yes
	checking sys/un.h presence
	cc -E -no-cpp-precomp -I/opt/local/include -L/opt/local/lib    conftest.c
	$? = 0
	result: yes
	checking for sys/un.h
	result: yes

At its end config.log has:
	
	ac_cv_prog_CPP='cc -E -no-cpp-precomp -I/opt/local/include -L/opt/local/lib'
	...
	CC='gcc -std=gnu99 -I/opt/local/include -L/opt/local/lib'
	CPP='cc -E -no-cpp-precomp -I/opt/local/include -L/opt/local/lib'

This looks also suspicious.


I must say that I don't know FreeBSD well enough to be more helpful in future. Looking into doc/emacs/Makefile (and comparing it with mine) is certainly a good option. Maybe we can see the cause why no file name is passed to makeinfo. Or are these lines obviously suspicious:

	EMACS_XTRA= \
		${srcdir}/emacs-xtra.texi \
		$(srcdir)/arevert-xtra.texi \
		$(srcdir)/cal-xtra.texi \
		$(srcdir)/dired-xtra.texi \
		$(srcdir)/picture-xtra.texi \
		$(srcdir)/emerge-xtra.texi \
		$(srcdir)/vc-xtra.texi \
		$(srcdir)/vc1-xtra.texi \
		$(srcdir)/fortran-xtra.texi \
		$(srcdir)/msdog-xtra.texi
	
	EMACSSOURCES= \
		${srcdir}/emacs.texi \
		${srcdir}/emacsver.texi \
		...
		${srcdir}/kmacro.texi \
		$(EMACS_XTRA)

Usually the syntax is:

	MACRO <white space> =

--
Greetings

  Pete

We have to expect it, otherwise we would be surprised.