Bug#65105: grub: When texinfo is not available dpkg refuses to install the package.

2000-06-28 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
> Manuel Estrada writes: >> You don't need either Autoconf or Automake to build GRUB. They are >> necessary only if you modify configure.in, Makefile.am, >> acinclude.m4, or acconfig.h. ME>But in its current form, no info documentation is generated, ME> it doesn't even check for the

Bug#65105: grub: When texinfo is not available dpkg refuses to install the package.

2000-06-02 Thread Manuel Estrada
On 2 Jun 2000, Gordon Matzigkeit wrote: > > Manuel Estrada writes: > > ME> I do have autoconf v2.13-20, automake v1.4-8 and makeinfo > ME> 4.0-4, but using them is even worse: > > >From INSTALL: > > If you'd like to develop GRUB, these below are also required. Don't > forget to specify

Bug#65105: grub: When texinfo is not available dpkg refuses to install the package.

2000-06-02 Thread OKUJI Yoshinori
From: Manuel Subject: Re: Date: Fri, > But in its current form, no info documentation is generated, > it doesn't even check for the existence of makeinfo. aclocal.m4 must > be modified and at least autoconf ran. I think you misunderstand something. makeinfo is necessary only when you bui

Bug#65105: grub: When texinfo is not available dpkg refuses to install the package.

2000-06-02 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
> Manuel Estrada writes: ME>I do have autoconf v2.13-20, automake v1.4-8 and makeinfo ME> 4.0-4, but using them is even worse: >From INSTALL: If you'd like to develop GRUB, these below are also required. Don't forget to specify the option `--enable-maintainer-mode' when running the co

Bug#65105: grub: When texinfo is not available dpkg refuses to install the package.

2000-06-02 Thread Manuel Estrada
On 2 Jun 2000, Gordon Matzigkeit wrote: > When grub-0.5.95 is released, this will not be an issue, because the > info files are always distributed as part of the tarball, in > accordance with GNU standards. > > If you try to build a package from CVS, you need to have more than > just the usual t

Bug#65105: grub: When texinfo is not available dpkg refuses to install the package.

2000-06-02 Thread Manuel Estrada
On Sat, 3 Jun 2000, OKUJI Yoshinori wrote: > From: Gordon Matzigkeit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Bug#65105: grub: When texinfo is not available dpkg refuses to install the >package. > Date: 02 Jun 2000 09:44:54 -0600 > > > If you try to build a package from CVS,

Bug#65105: grub: When texinfo is not available dpkg refuses to install the package.

2000-06-02 Thread OKUJI Yoshinori
From: Gordon Subject: Bug#65105: Date: 02 > If you try to build a package from CVS, you need to have more than > just the usual tools... you need at least autoconf, automake, and > makeinfo, and sometimes more. You don't need either Autoconf or Automake to build GRUB. They are necessary only i

Bug#65105: grub: When texinfo is not available dpkg refuses to install the package.

2000-06-02 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
When grub-0.5.95 is released, this will not be an issue, because the info files are always distributed as part of the tarball, in accordance with GNU standards. If you try to build a package from CVS, you need to have more than just the usual tools... you need at least autoconf, automake, and mak

Bug#65105: grub: When texinfo is not available dpkg refuses to install the package.

2000-06-02 Thread OKUJI Yoshinori
GRUB 0.5.95 has not been released yet. Okuji

Bug#65105: grub: When texinfo is not available dpkg refuses to install the package.

2000-06-02 Thread ranty
Package: grub Version: 0.5.95 Severity: normal On Debian systems If makeinfo is not available when building the package, dummy info files are generated and "install-info" fails on the "postinst" saying it doesn't find a description for the files. Also aclocal.m4 should be updated to look for ma