bug#9050: coreutils-8.12 problem with creating coreutils.info

2011-07-11 Thread Paul Eggert
On 07/11/11 13:01, Joachim Schmitz wrote: > I didn't modify anything in the doc directory, only the configure script and > several files files in lib and src. That would explain it. If you modify source files, then version.texi needs to change, and then the documentation needs to be rebuilt.

bug#9050: coreutils-8.12 problem with creating coreutils.info

2011-07-11 Thread Joachim Schmitz
Unfortunately it isn't that easy on HP NonStop, I have to make quite a few modifications to get it compiled. Just found e.g. that in C99 mode it doesn't play along with my gmp-4.1.2 (so I either need to use configure --without-gmp or, maybe, upgrade gmp), whereas in C89 mode there are very many mod

bug#9050: coreutils-8.12 problem with creating coreutils.info

2011-07-11 Thread Paul Eggert
On 07/11/11 11:01, Joachim Schmitz wrote: > I didn't change the coreutils.texi, but 'make' though it needed to get > rebuild I don't observe that behavior. Can you show the steps that you can take, from a fresh tarball, to reproduce the problem? Here's how I tried to reproduce it: export TZ=U

bug#9050: coreutils-8.12 problem with creating coreutils.info

2011-07-11 Thread Eric Blake
On 07/11/2011 06:38 AM, Joachim Schmitz wrote: > Hi folks > > coreutils.texi:1032: Unknown command > `/www.validlab.com/@/goldberg/@/paper.pdf)'. @/ is a recently added texinfo command for optional line-break, and since it is not understood by makeinfo 4.2 that explains your error message. We ou

bug#9050: coreutils-8.12 problem with creating coreutils.info

2011-07-11 Thread Joachim Schmitz
I didn't change the coreutils.texi, but 'make' though it needed to get rebuild, so there seems to be problem in the coreutils tarball? Then I changed it, to 'fix' that problem (by removing 3 times "&/"), after that my ancient makeinfo worked just fine... -Original Message- From: Paul Egger

bug#9050: coreutils-8.12 problem with creating coreutils.info

2011-07-11 Thread Paul Eggert
On 07/11/11 05:38, Joachim Schmitz wrote: > Could this due to makeinfo being too old? Yes, that's it. texinfo 4.2 is ancient. You shouldn't need to run makeinfo unless you're changing the manual, because makeinfo's output is part of the coreutils tarball. If you are updating the manual, please

bug#9050: coreutils-8.12 problem with creating coreutils.info

2011-07-11 Thread Joachim Schmitz
Hi folks Seems I can't get the coreutils.info to build: Making all in doc make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/Floss/coreutils-8.12/doc' MAKEINFO coreutils.info coreutils.texi:1032: Unknown command `/www.validlab.com/@/goldberg/@/paper.pdf)'. makeinfo: Removing output file `coreuti