Re: Build time requirements.

Jim Meyering <[email protected]> Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:50:07 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.core-utils.bugs,gmane.comp.gnu.textutils.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
"Allen Suski" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have noticed that source requires the texinfo package (actually makeinfo)
> in order to successfully compile and install.
>
> Identifying this in the build time dependencies may save some others
> frustration when starting from a fresh HP-UX 11.11 install.

Are you using HP's make program?
It's had a bug that makes it look like makeinfo is required,
when in fact the file mod-times and dependencies indicate that
it is *not* required.

If you use GNU make, you'll find that makeinfo is not required.