Public bug reported: Binary package hint: binutils
Binutils 2.18 (the current stable release) will not build on Ubuntu 8.04 when built outside the source tree. To repro: wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/binutils-2.18.tar.bz2 tar xvjf binutils-2.18.tar.bz2 mkdir build cd build ../binutils-2.18/configure make This is the error: WARNING: `makeinfo' is missing on your system. You should only need it if you modified a `.texi' or `.texinfo' file, or any other file indirectly affecting the aspect of the manual. The spurious call might also be the consequence of using a buggy `make' (AIX, DU, IRIX). You might want to install the `Texinfo' package or the `GNU make' package. Grab either from any GNU archive site. make[3]: *** [bfd.info] Error 1 I believe this is a pretty normal way to build binutils and it worked under previous versions of Ubuntu. Also makeinfo is indeed installed. I think the failure to detect makeinfo is the root of the problem: $ makeinfo --version makeinfo (GNU texinfo) 4.11 Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. If I try to build by running ./configure and make within the source directory it works fine. Also config.status still indicates that makeinfo is missing. $ uname -a Linux ubuntu 2.6.24-16-generic #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 13:23:42 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux ** Affects: binutils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- binutils 2.18 build failure on hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/226037 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
