GNU bug report logs - #46837
Makefile dependencies for info files

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2021 23:40:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: help

Found in version 28.0.50

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #61 received at 46837 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 46837 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Subject: Re: bug#46837: Makefile dependencies for info files
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2021 12:51:31 -0500

Glenn Morris wrote:

> make maintainer-clean # or bootstrap-clean if you prefer
> ./autogen.sh
> ./configure
> make lisp

Obviously this will fail at the configure step if makeinfo is not present.
I shouldn't have tried to provide workarounds (though something like the
above can be useful eg when bisecting).
makeinfo is a small package with small dependencies.
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