Re: makeinfo: missing file argument

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 5.4.2012 um 15:22 schrieb Kuroishi Mitsuo:

> You mean it needs to try to do entire build process in another
> Emacs or so, right?

No, it was just meant to use a build environment that is not polluted or 
limited by some terminal emulation programme. This programme can be the 
culprit. Or a setting. Settings can be in your shell or they can be for the 
programme (or X client). This is much too hard to debug. So some GNU Emacs is a 
perfect choice.

> Do you have the file ~/download/emacs/doc/emacs/emacs.texi?
> 
> Yes, like below.
> 
>  % ls -la ~/download/emacs/doc/emacs/emacs.texi
>  -rw-r--r--  1 kuroishi  staff  71616  4  4 10:17 
> /home/kuroishi/download/emacs/doc/emacs/emacs.texi

Has the same size as mine – there must be some bug in the build system.

Since the docs are not really necessary to run GNU Emacs, you could try to 
compile with 'make -k bootstrap' or just 'make -k' if the bootstrap argument 
makes make very picky and not forgive errors in this early stage. Then make 
will not stop when it sees an error. This way the src/emacs binary could be 
built. And it is, without installation, fully usable!

--
Greetings

  Pete

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