Re: make fails if do not have help2man

[Akim Demaille]

Hi Kiyoshi!

> Le 13 oct. 2014 à 02:03, Kiyoshi KANAZAWA <address@hidden> a écrit :
> 
> Hello,
> 
> 
> make fails as
>   AR       lib/liby.a
>   GEN      src/yacc
>   GEN      doc/bison.1
> /tmp/bison-3.0.2/build-aux/missing: line 81: help2man: command not found
> WARNING: 'help2man' is missing on your system.
>          You should only need it if you modified a dependency of a man page.
>          You may want to install the GNU Help2man package:
>          <http://www.gnu.org/software/help2man/>
> Makefile:5264: recipe for target 'doc/bison.1' failed
> make[2]: *** [doc/bison.1] Error 127
> make[2]: Leaving directory '/tmp/bison-3.0.2'
> Makefile:4493: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/bison-3.0.2'
> Makefile:2593: recipe for target 'all' failed
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> 
> 
> The message says "You should only need it if you modified a dependency of a 
> man page."
> On the other hand, make fails with Error.

help2man is needed when you tweak the package.  It is not
needed when you start from a released tarball.