Re: Texinfo problems

[Rik]

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> Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2011 18:53:54 +0100
> From: Thomas Weber <address@hidden>
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> Subject: Re: Snapshot 3.5.91
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> On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 05:31:43PM -0800, Rik wrote:
>> > I don't know if this is just my system, but the documentation had to be
>> > re-built during the build.  This shouldn't happen and it makes it harder on
>> > systems where a complete Texinfo is not available.
> Out of curiosity: on which system is the availability of texinfo a
> problem?
Mostly Windows platforms.  In general building the documentation has proven
troublesome for many.  See this thread as just one example
(http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/Re-texinfo-td3233541.html).

In addition, the documentation is for all Octave functions, including ones
in optional libraries which a user may not have installed (for example
UMFPACK and Qhull).  These optional libraries shouldn't be a requirement
for someone who just wants to build the Octave interpreter and so we
provide a complete copy of the documentation. 

--Rik