[debbugs-tracker] bug#21974: closed (can't build guix without 'makeinfo')

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> can't build guix without 'makeinfo'
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> Sat, 21 Nov 2015 21:19:18 +0100
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> 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?).
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> Jan Synáček
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> Jan Synáček <address@hidden> skribis:
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> > On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 9:40 PM, Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> Jan Synáček <address@hidden> skribis:
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> >>> 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?).
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> >> ‘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>.
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> >> Can you confirm you were building from a checkout?
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> > Yes, I was building from a checkout.
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> > 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.
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> I think it cannot be made more optional than it currently is.
> ‘MAKEINFO’ is currently defined as:
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>   MAKEINFO = ${SHELL} …/build-aux/missing makeinfo
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> meaning that you get a warning when ‘makeinfo’ is missing.
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> Regardless, I would recommend the following to set up a development
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>   guix environment guix
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> I realize this wasn’t documented, so I’ve added it to “Building from
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> Thanks,
> Ludo’.
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