Re: Question on info - files

[Mike Miller]

On Wed, 1 Jan 2014 11:56:54 +0100, Dr. Ing. Dieter Jurzitza wrote:
> I just compiled octave 3.8 on my system and found that the info - files
> cannot be found any more.
> 
> After a while of struggling it turns out that this is caused by the fact
> that I am using packed files with gzip, say "octave.info.gz" rather than
> "octave.info". This is kind of astonishing for me because that used to
> work for a long time - and there was no change with regard to the info
> file processing within the spec file (I have a rpm-based linux system).
> 
> Can any friendly sould kindly tell me what needs to be changed during
> compilation in order to make octave aware of the fact that the info
> files are packed with gzip (as this always used to be the case)?

Yes, extremely sorry about that. Please see bug #41054 [1], I have
posted a configure workaround and a patch there, either of which should
solve the problem for you.

[1] https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?41054

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mike