On 3 January 2018 at 05:26, Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm trying to update Autoconf and Automake on an old CentOS system. > The build is failing with: > > MAKEINFO doc/automake.info > /home/scripts/automake-1.15.1/lib/missing: line 81: makeinfo: command not > found > WARNING: 'makeinfo' is missing on your system. > You should only need it if you modified a '.texi' file, or > any other file indirectly affecting the aspect of the manual. > You might want to install the Texinfo package: > <http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/> > The spurious makeinfo call might also be the consequence of > using a buggy 'make' (AIX, DU, IRIX), in which case you might > want to install GNU make: > <http://www.gnu.org/software/make/> > gmake: *** [Makefile:2518: doc/automake.info] Error 127 > > According to ./configure --help, I can disable it with > --disable-FEATURE. The problem I am having is, I don't know what the > feature's name is. > > I tried the obvious ones, like --disable-docs and --disable--texi. > > What is the feature name of the documentation so I can disable it? > > (It also seems like a bad idea to fail a build for a feature I don't > want. Maybe it would be more prudent to print a warning message > instead of failing the primary task). >
Install it with `yum install texinfo` perhaps? (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/338317/what-is-makeinfo-and-how-do-i-get-it) -- VH