errors compiling Oort Gnus

errors compiling Oort Gnus

[Nimar Arora]

Hi,

I just downloaded Oort Gnus from www.gnus.org, typed ./configure in the
directory and then make. It seemed to get past byte compiling a bunch of
files and then it died in the texi directory with the following errors.

I have included the output of uname -a and ./configure below to help
analyze the problem. I appreciate any help.

Thanks,

Nimar

make[1]: Leaving directory `/private/narora/local/src/ognus-0.10/lisp'
cd texi && make EMACS="emacs" all
make[1]: Entering directory `/private/narora/local/src/ognus-0.10/texi'
if test "xmakeinfo" != "xno" ; then \
  makeinfo -I . -o gnus gnus.texi; \
else \
  rm -f gnus; \
  emacs -batch -q -no-site-file -l ./infohack.el -f batch-makeinfo gnus.texi; \
fi
Making info file `gnus' from `gnus.texi'.
gnus.texi:316: Unknown command `ifnottex'.
gnus.texi:339: Unmatched `@end'.
gnus.texi:2713: Unknown command `anchor'.
gnus.texi:2713: Misplaced `{'.
gnus.texi:2713: Misplaced `}'.
...

Output of uname -a

SunOS dlsun92 5.6 Generic_105181-29 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-60

Output of ./configure --prefix=/private/narora/local

checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/local/bin/install -c
checking for makeinfo... makeinfo
checking for emacs... emacs
checking if emacs is really XEmacs... no
checking prefix for your Emacs... /usr/local
checking where .elc files should go... $(datadir)/emacs/site-lisp
checking where etc files should go... $(lispdir)/../etc
checking where the TeXinfo docs should go... $(prefix)/info
checking for acceptable URL version... "no"
checking for acceptable W3 version... "no"
checking for latex... /usr/local/bin/latex
checking for available fonts... "no"
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating etc/Makefile
config.status: creating lisp/Makefile
config.status: creating texi/Makefile
config.status: creating texi/gnusconfig.tex
config.status: creating texi/ps/Makefile

Re: errors compiling Oort Gnus

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Nimar Arora <nimar_arora@yahoo.com> writes:

> I just downloaded Oort Gnus from www.gnus.org, typed ./configure in the
> directory and then make. It seemed to get past byte compiling a bunch of
> files and then it died in the texi directory with the following errors.

You either need a new X/Emacs to compile the Gnus manual, or a new
texinfo installation.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen

Re: errors compiling Oort Gnus

[Nimar Arora]

> You either need a new X/Emacs to compile the Gnus manual, or a new
> texinfo installation.

OK, installing texinfo-4.3 fixed the problem. But this probably should
have been mentioned on the Oort website. It only mentioned the
pre-requisite version of Emacs.

Thanks,

Nimar

Re: errors compiling Oort Gnus

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Nimar Arora <nimar_arora@yahoo.com> writes:

> Apologies, I read this in the README file in the ognus-0.10
> directory. It would be nice if this section had more information about
> other package dependencies, in particular texinfo.

Ok; I've now updated that file, so the next Oort should say that you
need a new texinfo.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen