gcc42 fails to build with texinfo 4.11

[Boey Maun Suang]

Hi Rainer,

I can confirm that I get the same problem trying to build  
port:gcc41.  I haven't the time to read the upstream mailing list  
just now (thanks for the link), but, assuming that this is considered  
a bug in Texinfo that will be fixed, I'd suggest downgrading if the  
GCC maintainers don't intend to apply patches to older GCC release  
lines.

Kind regards,


Maun Suang

On 01/10/2007, at 10:40, Rainer Müller wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Since the texinfo port was updated to 4.11, gcc42 fails to build. This
> is an upstream issue, I found some information here:
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2007-09/msg01271.html
>
> Error log:
> | [...]
> | Doing info in libiberty
> |
> /opt/local/var/macports/build/ 
> _Users_Raim_Dev_macports_trunk_dports_lang_gcc42/work/gcc-4.2.1/ 
> missing
> makeinfo --split-size=5000000 -I../../gcc-4.2.1/libiberty
> ../../gcc-4.2.1/libiberty/libiberty.texi
> | WARNING: `makeinfo' is missing on your system.  You should only  
> need it if
> |          you modified a `.texi' or `.texinfo' file, or any other  
> file
> |          indirectly affecting the aspect of the manual.  The  
> spurious
> |          call might also be the consequence of using a buggy  
> `make' (AIX,
> |          DU, IRIX).  You might want to install the `Texinfo'  
> package or
> |          the `GNU make' package.  Grab either from any GNU  
> archive site.
> | make[1]: *** [libiberty.info] Error 1
> | make: *** [info-libiberty] Error 1
>
> What should we do about this issue? Wait for 4.2.2 where this seems to
> get fixed? Downgrade texinfo to 4.9 and hold back the upgrade? Or  
> patch
> the configure/build scripts to accept the new version?
>
> This may affect other ports, too.
>
> Rainer
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