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25.1.50; Makefile target install-info tries to install deleted info files

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Message #16 received at 23122-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Fran Litterio <flitterio <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 23122-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23122: 25.1.50;
 Makefile target install-info tries to install deleted info files
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 05:31:49 +0300

> From: Fran Litterio <flitterio <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2016 20:09:28 +0000 (UTC)
> 
> The output of "install-info --version" is:
> 
>    install-info (GNU texinfo) 4.13
> 
> > >  'configure --prefix=c:/apps/emacs --without-x --without-xpm
> > >  --without-png --without-jpeg --without-tiff --without-gif'
> > 
> > The file nt/INSTALL recommends to use /c/apps/emacs instead of
> > c:/apps/emacs as the argument to --prefix.  This could be related to
> > your problem, but even if not, my advice is to do as nt/INSTALL says.
> 
> That was the cause.  Changing my configure command to use
> "--prefix /c/apps/emacs" fixes the problem on my Windows machine.
> It appears that version 4.13 of MinGW/MSYS install-info is confused
> by the drive letter in the pathname.  I'll pursue this with the MinGW
> folks.
> 
> Thanks, Eli.

Thanks, I'm therefore closing the bug.

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