Re: texi2dvi error in make

Robert J Goedman <[email protected]> Mon, 13 May 2013 06:56:16 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.mcsim.bugs
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Hi Frederic,

Thank you for the answer. I'll play around with it a bit more, but as =
you state, the error is not affecting the usage of the package.

Regards,
Rob J. Goedman
[email protected]




On May 13, 2013, at 1:29 AM, Frederic Bois <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>=20
> I don't know, I don't get it and I see nothing wrong with the command =
given.
> Building the doc automatically is more problems that I imagined for =
automake...
> In any case, the doc is made last; so if it fails it's no big deal. =
The compiled doc is in the distributed package
> anyway and you don't even need to redo it. If you want the info file =
installed, the best is then to
> do "install-info mcsim.info" yourself.
>=20
> Sorry about that. Maybe I should remove the troubled makefile from the =
doc directory...
>=20
> Frederic Bois
>=20
>=20
>=20
> On 10/05/2013 19:21, Robert J Goedman wrote:
>> Hi,
>>=20
>> To install mcsim-5.5.0 I'm using texi2dvi (GNU Texinfo 4.8) 1.34 on =
Mac OSX 10.8 and get below error message.
>>=20
>> I wonder if there is a workaround for that.
>>=20
>> Rob J. Goedman
>> [email protected]
>>=20
>>=20
>> ...
>> libtool: link: ranlib .libs/libmcsim.a
>> libtool: link: ( cd ".libs" && rm -f "libmcsim.la" && ln -s =
"../libmcsim.la" "libmcsim.la" )
>> Making all in doc
>> TEXINPUTS=3D".:$TEXINPUTS" \
>> 	MAKEINFO=3D'/bin/sh /Users/rob/Projects/mcsim-5.5.0/missing =
makeinfo   -I .' \
>> 	texi2dvi  --build-dir=3Dmcsim.t2d -o mcsim.dvi  \
>> 	mcsim.texinfo
>> /usr/bin/texi2dvi: Can't use option `--output' with more than one =
argument.
>> make[2]: *** [mcsim.dvi] Error 2
>> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
>> make: *** [all] Error 2
>> robs-15inch-2:mcsim-5.5.0 rob$
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>=20


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Frederic,<div><br></div><div>Thank you for the answer. I'll play around =
with it a bit more, but as you state, the error is not affecting the =
usage of the package.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,<br><div =
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<br><div><div>On May 13, 2013, at 1:29 AM, Frederic Bois &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite">Hi,<br><br>I don't know, I don't get it and I see nothing =
wrong with the command given.<br>Building the doc automatically is more =
problems that I imagined for automake...<br>In any case, the doc is made =
last; so if it fails it's no big deal. The compiled doc is in the =
distributed package<br>anyway and you don't even need to redo it. If you =
want the info file installed, the best is then to<br>do "install-info =
mcsim.info" yourself.<br><br>Sorry about that. Maybe I should remove the =
troubled makefile from the doc directory...<br><br>Frederic =
Bois<br><br><br><br>On 10/05/2013 19:21, Robert J Goedman =
wrote:<br><blockquote type=3D"cite">Hi,<br><br>To install mcsim-5.5.0 =
I'm using texi2dvi (GNU Texinfo 4.8) 1.34 on Mac OSX 10.8 and get below =
error message.<br><br>I wonder if there is a workaround for =
that.<br><br>Rob J. Goedman<br><a =
href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br><br><br>...<b=
r>libtool: link: ranlib .libs/libmcsim.a<br>libtool: link: ( cd ".libs" =
&amp;&amp; rm -f "libmcsim.la" &amp;&amp; ln -s "../libmcsim.la" =
"libmcsim.la" )<br>Making all in doc<br>TEXINPUTS=3D".:$TEXINPUTS" =
\<br><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre">	=
</span>MAKEINFO=3D'/bin/sh /Users/rob/Projects/mcsim-5.5.0/missing =
makeinfo &nbsp;&nbsp;-I .' \<br><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" =
style=3D"white-space:pre">	</span>texi2dvi =
&nbsp;--build-dir=3Dmcsim.t2d -o mcsim.dvi &nbsp;\<br><span =
class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre">	=
</span>mcsim.texinfo<br>/usr/bin/texi2dvi: Can't use option `--output' =
with more than one argument.<br>make[2]: *** [mcsim.dvi] Error =
2<br>make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1<br>make: *** [all] Error =
2<br>robs-15inch-2:mcsim-5.5.0 =
rob$<br><br><br><br></blockquote><br></blockquote></div><br></div></body><=
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