I pretty much can confirm the same error on (Fedora 22), except that i tried to
build in a clean directory (i.e. cd octave; mkdir binout ; cd binout ; ../configure)
and the error is
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make[2]: Entering directory '/home/dima/src/octave/binout'
cd doc/refcard && \
TEXINPUTS="../doc/refcard::../doc/interpreter::./doc/interpreter::../doc/interpreter::./doc/interpreter::../doc/interpreter::./doc/interpreter:::::" \
tex ../doc/refcard/refcard-a4.tex
This is TeX, Version 3.14159265 (TeX Live 2014) (preloaded format=tex)
! I can't find file `../doc/refcard/refcard-a4.tex'.
<*> ../doc/refcard/refcard-a4.tex
(Press Enter to retry, or Control-D to exit)
Please type another input file name:
>>>>
Dmitri.
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