From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: hs2009@bible2.net
Cc: 3982@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: bug#3982: Emacs 23.1 configure/Makefile: MAKEINFO=no inconsistent with test for $(MAKEINFO)=off
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:32:29 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <wky6pvpaxe.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A71F34B.2060301@bible2.net> (Helmut Steeb's message of "Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:23:55 +0200")
Helmut Steeb wrote:
> for http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/emacs-23.1.tar.gz
> on KUbuntu 6.06, after running configure, I got a Makefile with
>
> MAKEINFO=no
That's what you should get if you don't have makeinfo and don't pass
the configure option --without-makeinfo.
> (which seems to originate from configure line 5319), but all the tests
> in the Makefile compare to "off", like
>
> test "$(MAKEINFO)" = "off";
Yes, because "off" is used to indicate that you've explicitly disabled
the need for makeinfo, rather than it just being missing.
> Therefore "make install" failed with
>
> makeinfo is missing - cannot build manuals
As you can see from the context of this line in the Makefile, "off"
and "no" have different meanings.
> ==> either configure should create "Makefile=off",
> or the Makefile tests should check for "no".
No, you should pass the configure option --without-makeinfo.
There is a real issue here though, and it is that the top-level
Makefile does not check whether or not it needs to rebuild any manuals
before checking the value of MAKEINFO. (The manuals are pre-built in
the tarball, specifically so that you don't need makeinfo to install a
released version of Emacs.) This only shows up when doing `make install'.
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[not found] <jxr5uvmkcu.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org>
2009-07-30 19:23 ` bug#3982: Emacs 23.1 configure/Makefile: MAKEINFO=no inconsistent with test for $(MAKEINFO)=off Helmut Steeb
2009-08-07 21:32 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2009-08-29 2:25 ` bug#3982: marked as done (Emacs 23.1 configure/Makefile: MAKEINFO=no inconsistent with test for $(MAKEINFO)=off) Emacs bug Tracking System
2009-08-28 17:02 ` bug#4283: 23.1; installation process and texinfo Ulrich Neumerkel
2009-08-28 18:27 ` Glenn Morris
2009-08-28 18:35 ` Processed: " Emacs bug Tracking System
2009-08-29 2:25 ` bug#4283: marked as done (23.1; installation process and texinfo) Emacs bug Tracking System
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