Subject: bug#28000: closed (Re: [bug#28000] [PATCH] gnu: octave: Reference makeinfo with absolute path.)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2017 22:11:04 +0000

Your bug report

#28000: [PATCH] gnu: octave: Build with texinfo.

which was filed against the guix-patches package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: [bug#28000] [PATCH] gnu: octave: Reference makeinfo with absolute path.
From: Arun Isaac <[email-masked]>
To: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2017 03:39:48 +0530
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Pushed, thanks!

Subject: [PATCH] gnu: octave: Build with texinfo.
From: Arun Isaac <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Cc: Arun Isaac <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 16:13:17 +0530
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

texinfo is required for the built-in documentation.

* gnu/packages/maths.scm (octave)[inputs]: Add texinfo.
[native-inputs]: Remove texinfo.
---
 gnu/packages/maths.scm | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/maths.scm b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
index e19c8edc8..44de8a4e6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/maths.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ can solve two kinds of problems:
     (license license:bsd-3)))
 
 ;; For a fully featured Octave, users  are strongly recommended also to install
-;; the following packages: texinfo, less, ghostscript, gnuplot.
+;; the following packages: less, ghostscript, gnuplot.
 (define-public octave
   (package
     (name "octave")
@@ -1058,6 +1058,7 @@ can solve two kinds of problems:
        ("glu" ,glu)
        ("zlib" ,zlib)
        ("curl" ,curl)
+       ("texinfo" ,texinfo)
        ("graphicsmagick" ,graphicsmagick)))
     (native-inputs
      `(("lzip" ,lzip)
@@ -1072,7 +1073,6 @@ can solve two kinds of problems:
        ;; will still run without them, albeit without the features they
        ;; provide.
        ("less" ,less)
-       ("texinfo" ,texinfo)
        ("ghostscript" ,ghostscript)
        ("gnuplot" ,gnuplot)))
     (arguments
-- 
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