From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael J Gruber Subject: Re: Trouble with 'make prefix=/usr info' Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:58:25 +0100 Message-ID: <4B30ECA1.2040508@drmicha.warpmail.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Craig Moore X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Dec 22 17:00:12 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NN79f-0004uE-AO for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:00:11 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753678AbZLVP75 (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:59:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753888AbZLVP75 (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:59:57 -0500 Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:48271 "EHLO out1.smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753678AbZLVP74 (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:59:56 -0500 Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.internal [10.202.2.41]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8558BC82F0; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:59:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from heartbeat2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:59:55 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=messagingengine.com; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=smtpout; bh=Dg5QEIDfWZYAHcH5gyBtlLwK6Gw=; b=jLZsxJK5UM/AVgYKVFjNNofn4Ain+y3mDhjeAcR79fvEtcRQFzLz1cnxVKbLiGQ4OuJyOTsObA2CWBi7fix6wiu7yWrbuNPuTXI+h51naE8aw9dk0bmo1eZJNzjcPZ4WYUEYONS4zsgpOwXTW7K0pzhkAhptGxpL2Hui9QI2J78= X-Sasl-enc: 82gFfnzjV16z96593FXIKCxSUegrVK3DHh61+Vg7YhRL 1261497595 Received: from localhost.localdomain (whitehead.math.tu-clausthal.de [139.174.44.12]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EFEBD11EE4; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:59:54 -0500 (EST) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.7pre) Gecko/20091209 Lightning/1.0b2pre Shredder/3.0.1pre In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Craig Moore venit, vidit, dixit 22.12.2009 16:50: > Hi, > > I'm getting the following error when I make the info target: > > $ make prefix=/usr info > make -C Documentation info > make[1]: Entering directory `/local/software/git-1.6.5.7/Documentation' > make[2]: Entering directory `/local/software/git-1.6.5.7' > make[2]: `GIT-VERSION-FILE' is up to date. > make[2]: Leaving directory `/local/software/git-1.6.5.7' > DB2TEXI user-manual.texi > Usage: jw [] > where are: > -f|--frontend : Specify the frontend (source format) > (default is docbook) > -b|--backend : Specify the backend (destination format) > (default is html) > -c|--cat : Specify an extra SGML open catalog > -n|--nostd: Do not use the standard SGML open catalogs > -d|--dsl |default|none: Specify an alternate style sheet > (default is to use the default stylesheet) > -l|--dcl : Specify an alternate SGML declaration > (usual ones like xml.dcl get detected > automatically) > -s|--sgmlbase : Change base directory for SGML distribution > (usually /usr/share/sgml) > -p|--parser : Specify the parser if several are installed > (jade or openjade) > -o|--output : Set output directory > -u|--nochunks: Output only one big file > (overrides the stylesheet settings) > -i|--include
: Specify a SGML marked section to include > (should be marked as "ignore" in the SGML text) > -w|--warning |list: Control warnings or display the allowed > warning types > -e|--errors |list: Control errors or display the allowed error types > -h|--help: Print this help message and exit > -V : Set a variable > -v|--version: Print the version and exit > make[1]: *** [user-manual.texi] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/local/software/git-1.6.5.7/Documentation' > make: *** [info] Error 2 > > I can see that the error is likely related to the fact that it enters the > Documentation directing, then exits the Documentation directory, and then tries > to build the user-manual.texi file in the root directory (however, that file is > in the Documentation directory, which it just left). I've tried to track down > and change where it exits the Documentation directory, but I've had no success. > > I would appreciate any recommendations you might have. I've already been able to > install git, but I couldn't install the 'info' target because of this error. Does it work without prefix? Also, you may want to cd into Documentation and try to make there. Michael