On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Glendon M. Gross wrote:
>
> I have been stuck for a few weeks even though I cvsup the latest
> sources... but I tried
>
> make -k world
>
> and it got me out of my slump. Seems to be proceeding fine.
> What does the -k switch do? --Glen Gross
it says to ignore any errors and go onto the next thing ... basically, the
idea is that some apps require something that is compiled later on in hte
process, so get as much upgraded as you can, then do a 'make world'
wihtout -k afterwards to get anything that was missed ...
ie. my install-info problem
> > On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Alexander Langer wrote:
>
> > Thus spake The Hermit Hacker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> >
> > > ===> lib/libcom_err/doc
> > > install-info --quiet --defsection="Programming & development tools."
>--defentry="* libcom_err: (com_err). A Common Error Description Library for
>UNIX." com_err.info /usr/share/info/dir
> > > install-info: unrecognized option `--defsection=Programming & development tools.'
> > > Try `install-info --help' for a complete list of options.
> > > *** Error code 1
> >
> > > Source tree is as of Feb 1st, so only 24hrs old, but I don't recall seeing
> > > anything go throughthe list concerning the above ...
> > > Help? :)
> >
> > As obrien suggested:
> >
> > cd /usr/src
> > make -k installworld
> > make installworld
> >
> > works.
> >
> > For short:
> > The old install-info didn't know this new option.
> > go to
> > /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo/install-info
> >
> > and install the new isntall-info (make clean all install)
> >
> > and then restart make installworld.
> >
> > Everything is fine then.
> >
> > I suggested Warner to add this to UPDATING, but I got no response.
> >
> > Alex
> >
> > --
> > I doubt, therefore I might be.
> >
> >
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