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Re: makeinfo
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Mike Miller |
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Re: makeinfo |
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Fri, 10 Aug 2012 09:09:20 -0400 |
On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 8:11 AM, Carnë Draug wrote:
> On 10 August 2012 12:53, Rita <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Hello,
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>> Would it make sense to have a ./configure flag for texinfo? While doing
>> make make and in .DOCSTRINGs it fails to find my makeinfo since its
>> installed in a separate location. Make assumes is in the standard location
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>> ANy thoughts?
There is a MAKEINFO variable you can pass to configure or make with
the full path to the makeinfo program. So for your setup, either
make MAKEINFO=/software/whatever/makeinfo
or
export MAKEINFO=/software/whatever/makeinfo
./configure ...
should work. I have not verified either but both should be equivalent.
> Actually, the current version of octave doesn't even check if it's
> installed. See https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?36903 This has already
> been patched but I'm not sure if it allows to configure the path (I'd
> assume that if it's somewhere on the path, it would find it though).
Yep, only because Octave requires it while GNU typically treats it as
an optional maintainer-only tool. But the MAKEINFO variable has always
been there.
--
mike