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can't build guix without 'makeinfo'

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Message #11 received at 21974 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jan Synáček <jan.synacek <at> gmail.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 21974 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21974: can't build guix without 'makeinfo'
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 21:48:10 +0100

On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 9:40 PM, Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> Jan Synáček <jan.synacek <at> gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> The build fails with an error if the 'makeinfo' binary is missing on
>> the system. The configure script should check for 'makeinfo' and fail
>> if not found (or maybe warn that the docs won't be built?).
>
> ‘makeinfo’ is necessary when building from a checkout or otherwise
> modifying the manual, but it’s not necessary when building from a
> tarball.  See
> <https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Building-from-Git.html>.
>
> Can you confirm you were building from a checkout?

Yes, I was building from a checkout. Maybe it would make sense to make
it optional,
as 'help2man' is? I was only trying to test the latest version of guix
and wasn't really
interested in the documentation changes.

-- 
Jan Synáček

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