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Emacs 23.1 configure/Makefile: MAKEINFO=no inconsistent with test for $(MAKEINFO)=off

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (Emacs bug Tracking System)
To: hs2009 <at> bible2.net
Subject: bug#3982 closed by Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> (Re: bug#3982:
 Emacs 23.1 configure/Makefile: MAKEINFO=no inconsistent with test for
 $(MAKEINFO)=off)
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:25:10 +0000

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#3982: Emacs 23.1 configure/Makefile: MAKEINFO=no inconsistent with test for $(MAKEINFO)=off

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 3982-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#3982: Emacs 23.1 configure/Makefile: MAKEINFO=no inconsistent with test for $(MAKEINFO)=off
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:20:33 -0400

  * Makefile.in (info-real): Don't ignore errors from doc Makefiles.
  (info): Don't give an error in the absence of makeinfo - let the doc
  Makefiles do that, if the info files need rebuilding. (Bug#3982)

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From: Helmut Steeb <hs2009 <at> bible2.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Emacs 23.1 configure/Makefile: MAKEINFO=no inconsistent with test
 for $(MAKEINFO)=off
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:23:55 +0200

Hello,

for http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/emacs-23.1.tar.gz
on KUbuntu 6.06, after running configure, I got a Makefile with

  MAKEINFO=no

(which seems to originate from configure line 5319), but all the tests
in the Makefile compare to "off", like

  test "$(MAKEINFO)" = "off";

Therefore "make install" failed with

  makeinfo is missing - cannot build manuals

After manually adapting Makefile to

  MAKEINFO=off

"make install" it worked fine.

==> either configure should create "Makefile=off",
    or the Makefile tests should check for "no".

Thanks for Emacs!

Helmut
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hs2009 <at> bible2.net (akt. Jahr einsetzen / insert current year)

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