Re: problems with info version when compiling latest emacs

Uwe Brauer <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.apple.fink.general
Message-ID <CABUPoZgZ2D5atoMyXfsxdy0nG60me7awCtc-WWgbtcbvGS9puQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 11:09 AM Hanspeter Niederstrasser <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On 4/8/22 1:33 AM, Uwe Brauer wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > As we discussed some weeks ago, I want to look into how to upgrade the
> > current fink emacs version (26) to the current (28).
> >
> > As a starting point I tried to compile the current master.
> >
> > While this worked last year, now emacs refuses because of an outdated
> > info version (fink provides)
> >
> > Fink ships 4.8 while GNU emacs now requires 4.13. Maybe emacs 28 does
> > not, still require 4.13 and I can also talk with the Emacs folks, but
> > maybe it would not be bad to upgrade finks info version?
>
> Can you provide the actual error you're seeing?
> We have texinfo-6.8, which provides info v6.8 (we also have
> texinfo-legacy 4.13 in case something needs the older texinfo).
>
> $ /sw/bin/info --version
> info (GNU texinfo) 6.8
> $ dpkg -S /sw/bin/info
> info: /sw/bin/info
>
> Hanspeter
>

I am very confused:

%which info

/usr/bin/info

oub@Atrahasis:~/src/emacs-git/nextstep



                  11:16 %info --version

info (GNU texinfo) 4.8


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