Re: makeinfo

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Bob,

* Bob Rossi wrote on Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 12:26:53AM CET:
> 
> When I run configure I get this error,
> 
> ...
> Making all in src
> Making all in doc
> Updating ../../cgdb/doc/version.texi
> /home/bob/cvs/cgdb/cgdb/cgdb/config/missing: line 46: makeinfo: command not 
> found
> WARNING: `makeinfo' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
>          you modified a `.texi' or `.texinfo' file, or any other file
>          indirectly affecting the aspect of the manual.  The spurious
>          call might also be the consequence of using a buggy `make' (AIX,
>          DU, IRIX).  You might want to install the `Texinfo' package or
>          the `GNU make' package.  Grab either from any GNU archive site.

Looks like a warning rather than an error to me.

> Do I need to have that program installed to run configure? I'm running
> this out of a CVS repo of a program, that has all the autotool files
> checked in. Not from a 'make dist' of the autotools.

Does it have the .info files checked in?

Cheers,
Ralf