Re: [Bug-AUCTeX] problem installing auctex

[David Kastrup]

Ralf Angeli <address@hidden> writes:

> * David Kastrup (2006-03-13) writes:
>
>> Ralf Angeli <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> * Meng Lu (2006-03-13) writes:
>>>
>>>> In installing auctex under MS windows with XEmacs using a cygwin, i
>>>> failed starting ``make'', here is the details:
>>>
>>> Is the `make' package installed?
>>
>> Well, if it is, it seems not to be in the PATH (somewhat surprising,
>> since the rest of MSYS or similar appears to be so).  Maybe we should
>> check for it before actually checking for its details?
>
> Can there be situations where AUCTeX will be configured but not
> built?

Even if something like that was the case, AC_PROG_MAKE_SET would have
returned nonsense.

> In case there are not, we could use something like
>
> AC_CHECK_PROGS_REQUIRED(MAKE, make, [make not found, aborting!])
>
> I am not sure, however, if this may influence `AC_PROG_MAKE_SET'.
> Maybe the macro call should not use MAKE but something else.

MAKECMD perhaps.

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