From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: bug#21974: can't build guix without 'makeinfo' Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 21:40:40 +0100 Message-ID: <877flb5bnb.fsf@gnu.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51518) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0Eyz-0002M3-Rb for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 15:42:06 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0Eyw-00029n-Jo for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 15:42:05 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:57637) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0Eyw-00029j-HK for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 15:42:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1a0Eyw-0000GF-8p for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 15:42:02 -0500 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: ("Jan \=\?utf-8\?B\?U3luw6HEjWVrIidz\?\= message of "Sat, 21 Nov 2015 21:19:18 +0100") List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Jan =?UTF-8?Q?Syn=C3=A1=C4=8Dek?= Cc: 21974@debbugs.gnu.org Jan Syn=C3=A1=C4=8Dek 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?). =E2=80=98makeinfo=E2=80=99 is necessary when building from a checkout or ot= herwise modifying the manual, but it=E2=80=99s not necessary when building from a tarball. See . Can you confirm you were building from a checkout? Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.