Re: Makeinfo required to build Automake 1.18

Hi Karl,
thanks for confirming that makeinfo is not required. We do not fiddle 
with time stamps or similar.

Note, that the issue arises when `make install` is called. I attached 
the output of the call in verbose mode (V=1). I still cannot spot an issue.

Bye
Christoph


> + make install DESTDIR=/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/automake-1.18-build/BUILDROOT V=1
> [   12s] restore=: && backupdir=".am$$" && \
> [   12s] am__cwd=`pwd` && CDPATH="${ZSH_VERSION+.}:" && cd . && \
> [   12s] rm -rf $backupdir && mkdir $backupdir && \
> [   12s] if (/usr/bin/bash '/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/automake-1.18-build/automake-1.18/lib/missing' makeinfo --version) >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
> [   12s]   for f in doc/automake.info doc/automake.info-[0-9] doc/automake.info-[0-9][0-9] doc/automake.i[0-9] doc/automake.i[0-9][0-9]; do \
> [   12s]     if test -f $f; then mv $f $backupdir; restore=mv; else :; fi; \
> [   12s]   done; \
> [   12s] else :; fi && \
> [   12s] cd "$am__cwd"; \
> [   12s] if /usr/bin/bash '/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/automake-1.18-build/automake-1.18/lib/missing' makeinfo   -I doc -I ./doc \
> [   12s]  -o doc/automake.info ./doc/automake.texi; \
> [   12s] then \
> [   12s]   rc=0; \
> [   12s]   CDPATH="${ZSH_VERSION+.}:" && cd .; \
> [   12s] else \
> [   12s]   rc=$?; \
> [   12s]   CDPATH="${ZSH_VERSION+.}:" && cd . && \
> [   12s]   $restore $backupdir/* `echo "./doc/automake.info" | sed 's|[^/]*$||'`; \
> [   12s] fi; \
> [   12s] rm -rf $backupdir; exit $rc
> [   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



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