[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #60411] build: might be nice to warn if epstool not found, similar to ghostscript

[Mike Miller]

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                 Summary: build: might be nice to warn if epstool not found,
similar to ghostscript 
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: mtmiller
            Submitted on: Sat 17 Apr 2021 01:14:38 PM PDT
                Category: Configuration and Build System
                Severity: 1 - Wish
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Build Failure
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: dev
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

When building Octave from hg, the epstool command is required to build the
images that go into the user manual. This is similar to the way that
ghostscript is used under the hood by some print commands. It might be nice to
show a warning just like we do for ghostscript if the user runs configure and
epstool is not in PATH. Basically a copy/paste of the ghostscript warning.




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