* bug#29731: emacs build broken (makeinfo)
@ 2017-12-16 7:38 Mutiny
2017-12-16 8:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-16 21:44 ` bug#29731: resolved&&advice Mutiny
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From: Mutiny @ 2017-12-16 7:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 29731
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since today the emacs build fails on makeinfo >= 4.13, however texinfo-6.4-6 is installed:checking for setfattr... yesconfigure: error: You do not seem to have makeinfo >= 4.13, and yoursource tree does not seem to have pre-built manuals in the 'info' directory.Either install a suitable version of makeinfo, or re-run configurewith the '--without-makeinfo' option to build without the manuals.Installed PackagesName : texinfoVersion : 6.4Release : 6.fc27Arch : x86_64Size : 4.8 MSource : texinfo-6.4-6.fc27.src.rpmRepo &
nbsp; : @SystemFrom repo : updatesSummary : Tools needed to create Texinfo format documentation filesURL &n
bsp; : http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/License : GPLv3+Description : Texinfo is a documentation system that can produce both online : information and printed output from a single source file. The GNU : Project uses the Texinfo file format for most of its documentation. : : Install texinfo if you want a documentation system for producing both : online and print
documentation from the same source file and/or if : you are going to write documentation for the GNU Project.
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* bug#29731: emacs build broken (makeinfo)
2017-12-16 7:38 bug#29731: emacs build broken (makeinfo) Mutiny
@ 2017-12-16 8:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-16 21:44 ` bug#29731: resolved&&advice Mutiny
1 sibling, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2017-12-16 8:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Mutiny ; +Cc: 29731
> Date: 16 Dec 2017 07:38:52 -0000
> From: "Mutiny " <mutiny.mutiny@rediffmail.com>
>
> since today the emacs build fails on makeinfo >= 4.13, however texinfo-6.4-6 is installed:
Which branch of the Emacs repository produces this?
> checking for setfattr... yes
> configure: error: You do not seem to have makeinfo >= 4.13, and your
> source tree does not seem to have pre-built manuals in the 'info' directory.
> Either install a suitable version of makeinfo, or re-run configure
> with the '--without-makeinfo' option to build without the manuals.
>
> Installed Packages
> Name : texinfo
> Version : 6.4
What does "makeinfo --version" display on your system?
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* bug#29731: resolved&&advice
2017-12-16 7:38 bug#29731: emacs build broken (makeinfo) Mutiny
2017-12-16 8:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2017-12-16 21:44 ` Mutiny
2021-08-13 13:01 ` bug#29731: configure to distinguish makeinfo present-but-broken from missing-or-old Lars Ingebrigtsen
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From: Mutiny @ 2017-12-16 21:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 29731
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I did some deep testing and found out that following perl(sic) modules were missing:(excerpt from my setup perl modules script)cpan install Locale::Messages # emacs buildcpan install Text::Unidecode # emacs buildcpan install Unicode::EastAsianWidth # emacs buildThereafter ./configure and make&&make install working.Nevertheless the error message generated by ./configure is totally misleading. Please correct that!
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* bug#29731: configure to distinguish makeinfo present-but-broken from missing-or-old
2017-12-16 21:44 ` bug#29731: resolved&&advice Mutiny
@ 2021-08-13 13:01 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-08-13 13:31 ` Robert Pluim
0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2021-08-13 13:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Mutiny ; +Cc: 29731
"Mutiny " <mutiny.mutiny@rediffmail.com> writes:
> I did some deep testing and found out that following perl(sic) modules were
> missing:
> (excerpt from my setup perl modules script)
>
> cpan install Locale::Messages # emacs build
> cpan install Text::Unidecode # emacs build
> cpan install Unicode::EastAsianWidth # emacs build
>
> Thereafter ./configure and make&&make install working.
Does the Emacs build use Perl? I looked through configure and Makefile
and didn't see any Perl mentions.
Anybody know?
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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* bug#29731: configure to distinguish makeinfo present-but-broken from missing-or-old
2021-08-13 13:01 ` bug#29731: configure to distinguish makeinfo present-but-broken from missing-or-old Lars Ingebrigtsen
@ 2021-08-13 13:31 ` Robert Pluim
2021-08-13 13:40 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Robert Pluim @ 2021-08-13 13:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen; +Cc: Mutiny, 29731
>>>>> On Fri, 13 Aug 2021 15:01:58 +0200, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> said:
Lars> "Mutiny " <mutiny.mutiny@rediffmail.com> writes:
>> I did some deep testing and found out that following perl(sic) modules were
>> missing:
>> (excerpt from my setup perl modules script)
>>
>> cpan install Locale::Messages # emacs build
>> cpan install Text::Unidecode # emacs build
>> cpan install Unicode::EastAsianWidth # emacs build
>>
>> Thereafter ./configure and make&&make install working.
Lars> Does the Emacs build use Perl? I looked through configure and Makefile
Lars> and didn't see any Perl mentions.
Lars> Anybody know?
No. Some of the admin scripts do, but theyʼre not required to build
emacs. makeinfo requires perl last time I checked.
Robert
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* bug#29731: configure to distinguish makeinfo present-but-broken from missing-or-old
2021-08-13 13:31 ` Robert Pluim
@ 2021-08-13 13:40 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-08-13 14:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2021-08-13 13:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Robert Pluim; +Cc: Mutiny, 29731
Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:
> No. Some of the admin scripts do, but theyʼre not required to build
> emacs. makeinfo requires perl last time I checked.
Aha. Hm. Oh, Glenn had renamed this to:
retitle 29731 configure to distinguish makeinfo present-but-broken from missing-or-old
Which is, I guess, the correct description here. So makeinfo didn't
work for the user because Perl was b0rked, but ./configure says that the
user didn't have makeinfo.
I guess that should be possible to distinguish...
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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* bug#29731: configure to distinguish makeinfo present-but-broken from missing-or-old
2021-08-13 13:40 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
@ 2021-08-13 14:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-13 14:41 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2021-08-13 14:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen; +Cc: mutiny.mutiny, 29731, rpluim
> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2021 15:40:31 +0200
> Cc: Mutiny <mutiny.mutiny@rediffmail.com>, 29731@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > No. Some of the admin scripts do, but theyʼre not required to build
> > emacs. makeinfo requires perl last time I checked.
>
> Aha. Hm. Oh, Glenn had renamed this to:
>
> retitle 29731 configure to distinguish makeinfo present-but-broken from missing-or-old
>
> Which is, I guess, the correct description here. So makeinfo didn't
> work for the user because Perl was b0rked, but ./configure says that the
> user didn't have makeinfo.
>
> I guess that should be possible to distinguish...
It would be nice to have that, but basically it isn't our problem,
IMO: building a tarball doesn't require makeinfo, while people who
build from Git should IMO be expected to have a working Texinfo
installation, which includes Perl modules necessary to run makeinfo.
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* bug#29731: configure to distinguish makeinfo present-but-broken from missing-or-old
2021-08-13 14:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2021-08-13 14:41 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2021-08-13 14:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: mutiny.mutiny, 29731, rpluim
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> It would be nice to have that, but basically it isn't our problem,
> IMO: building a tarball doesn't require makeinfo, while people who
> build from Git should IMO be expected to have a working Texinfo
> installation, which includes Perl modules necessary to run makeinfo.
Yes, you're right. If ./configure says that we can't find a (useable)
makeinfo, then it's up to the user to investigate the problem. In this
case, I'm guessing just typing "makeinfo" would have issued a bunch of
errors, which should point the user the right way -- and any changes we
make to configure here wouldn't really be that much more helpful.
So I'm closing this bug report.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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