/usr/bin/texi2html hangs octave-forge/doc build on Mac OS X

[Julius Smith]

Hi All,

In trying to 'make all' in the latest octave-forge repo working copy on
Mac OS X (Macbook Pro), I got a hang at

Making html comms.html
[indefinite hang]

Drilling down I found that /usr/bin/texi2html was hanging.  I
happened to have another one in /opt/local/bin (presumably installed via
'port install texi2html' or 'port install tetex' or the like), and that
fixed it.  I made the following change in Makeconf:

#TEXI2HTML = /usr/bin/texi2html -split_chapter -number
TEXI2HTML = /opt/local/bin/texi2html -split_chapter -number

and now the build is proceeding.

Julius

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