* bug#21974: can't build guix without 'makeinfo'
@ 2015-11-21 20:19 Jan Synáček
2015-11-21 20:40 ` Ludovic Courtès
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From: Jan Synáček @ 2015-11-21 20:19 UTC (permalink / raw
To: 21974
The build fails with an error if the 'makeinfo' binary is missing on
the system. The configure script should check for 'makeinfo' and fail
if not found (or maybe warn that the docs won't be built?).
--
Jan Synáček
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* bug#21974: can't build guix without 'makeinfo'
2015-11-21 20:19 bug#21974: can't build guix without 'makeinfo' Jan Synáček
@ 2015-11-21 20:40 ` Ludovic Courtès
2015-11-21 20:48 ` Jan Synáček
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From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2015-11-21 20:40 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Jan Synáček; +Cc: 21974
Jan Synáček <jan.synacek@gmail.com> skribis:
> The build fails with an error if the 'makeinfo' binary is missing on
> the system. The configure script should check for 'makeinfo' and fail
> if not found (or maybe warn that the docs won't be built?).
‘makeinfo’ is necessary when building from a checkout or otherwise
modifying the manual, but it’s not necessary when building from a
tarball. See
<https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Building-from-Git.html>.
Can you confirm you were building from a checkout?
Thanks,
Ludo’.
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* bug#21974: can't build guix without 'makeinfo'
2015-11-21 20:40 ` Ludovic Courtès
@ 2015-11-21 20:48 ` Jan Synáček
2015-11-22 10:31 ` Ludovic Courtès
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Jan Synáček @ 2015-11-21 20:48 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Ludovic Courtès; +Cc: 21974
On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 9:40 PM, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
> Jan Synáček <jan.synacek@gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> The build fails with an error if the 'makeinfo' binary is missing on
>> the system. The configure script should check for 'makeinfo' and fail
>> if not found (or maybe warn that the docs won't be built?).
>
> ‘makeinfo’ is necessary when building from a checkout or otherwise
> modifying the manual, but it’s not necessary when building from a
> tarball. See
> <https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Building-from-Git.html>.
>
> Can you confirm you were building from a checkout?
Yes, I was building from a checkout. Maybe it would make sense to make
it optional,
as 'help2man' is? I was only trying to test the latest version of guix
and wasn't really
interested in the documentation changes.
--
Jan Synáček
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* bug#21974: can't build guix without 'makeinfo'
2015-11-21 20:48 ` Jan Synáček
@ 2015-11-22 10:31 ` Ludovic Courtès
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2015-11-22 10:31 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Jan Synáček; +Cc: 21974-done
Jan Synáček <jan.synacek@gmail.com> skribis:
> On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 9:40 PM, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
>> Jan Synáček <jan.synacek@gmail.com> skribis:
>>
>>> The build fails with an error if the 'makeinfo' binary is missing on
>>> the system. The configure script should check for 'makeinfo' and fail
>>> if not found (or maybe warn that the docs won't be built?).
>>
>> ‘makeinfo’ is necessary when building from a checkout or otherwise
>> modifying the manual, but it’s not necessary when building from a
>> tarball. See
>> <https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Building-from-Git.html>.
>>
>> Can you confirm you were building from a checkout?
>
> Yes, I was building from a checkout.
OK.
> Maybe it would make sense to make it optional, as 'help2man' is? I was
> only trying to test the latest version of guix and wasn't really
> interested in the documentation changes.
I think it cannot be made more optional than it currently is.
‘MAKEINFO’ is currently defined as:
MAKEINFO = ${SHELL} …/build-aux/missing makeinfo
meaning that you get a warning when ‘makeinfo’ is missing.
Regardless, I would recommend the following to set up a development
environment for Guix:
guix environment guix
I realize this wasn’t documented, so I’ve added it to “Building from
Git.”
Thanks,
Ludo’.
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