Hi!
I wanted to update the openSuse package for Automake to 1.18. But I get
an error that makeinfo is not found. Past releases did no require
makeinfo. Is this an oversight?
Kind regards,
Christoph
Build log:
[ 12s] + cd /home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/automake-1.18-build
[ 12s] + /usr/bin/rm -rf
/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/automake-1.18-build/BUILDROOT
[ 12s] + /usr/bin/mkdir -p /home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/automake-1.18-build
[ 12s] + /usr/bin/mkdir
/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/automake-1.18-build/BUILDROOT
[ 12s] + cd automake-1.18
[ 12s] + make install
DESTDIR=/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/automake-1.18-build/BUILDROOT
[ 12s] MAKEINFO doc/automake.info
[ 12s]
/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/automake-1.18-build/automake-1.18/lib/missing: line
85: makeinfo: command not found
[ 12s] WARNING: 'makeinfo' is missing on your system.
[ 12s] You should only need it if you modified a '.texi' file, or
[ 12s] any other file indirectly affecting the aspect of the manual.
[ 12s] You might want to install the Texinfo package:
[ 12s] <https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/>
[ 12s] The spurious makeinfo call might also be the consequence of
[ 12s] using a buggy 'make' (AIX, DU, IRIX), in which case you might
[ 12s] want to install GNU make:
[ 12s] <https://www.gnu.org/software/make/>
[ 12s] make: *** [Makefile:2620: doc/automake.info] Error 127
[ 12s] error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.VTu9bg (%install)
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