bug#3982: marked as done (Emacs 23.1 configure/Makefile: MAKEINFO=no inconsistent with test for $(MAKEINFO)=off)

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and subject line Re: bug#3982: Emacs 23.1 configure/Makefile: MAKEINFO=no 
inconsistent with test for $(MAKEINFO)=off
has caused the Emacs bug report #3982,
regarding Emacs 23.1 configure/Makefile: MAKEINFO=no inconsistent with test for 
$(MAKEINFO)=off
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> Emacs 23.1 configure/Makefile: MAKEINFO=no inconsistent with test for $(MAKEINFO)=off
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> Hello,
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> for http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/emacs-23.1.tar.gz
> on KUbuntu 6.06, after running configure, I got a Makefile with
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>   MAKEINFO=no
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> (which seems to originate from configure line 5319), but all the tests
> in the Makefile compare to "off", like
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>   test "$(MAKEINFO)" = "off";
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> Therefore "make install" failed with
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>   makeinfo is missing - cannot build manuals
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> After manually adapting Makefile to
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>   MAKEINFO=off
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> "make install" it worked fine.
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> ==> either configure should create "Makefile=off",
>     or the Makefile tests should check for "no".
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> Thanks for Emacs!
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> Helmut
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> Helmut Steeb
> hs2009@bible2.net (akt. Jahr einsetzen / insert current year)
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> Re: bug#3982: Emacs 23.1 configure/Makefile: MAKEINFO=no inconsistent with test for $(MAKEINFO)=off
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> Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:20:33 -0400
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>   * Makefile.in (info-real): Don't ignore errors from doc Makefiles.
>   (info): Don't give an error in the absence of makeinfo - let the doc
>   Makefiles do that, if the info files need rebuilding. (Bug#3982)
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