info - again

info - again

[R. Hickling]

I have a 'dir' in '/usr/local/info', and 'info' runs, displaying its
'Top' node.

However, when I do 'm<whatever>' or even just 'h' it says
-------------------------------------
Info: No such file or directory
-------------------------------------
in the minibuffer.  It does the same irrespective of my 'INFOPATH' or
'--directory' (which I set to '/usr/local/info' which is where all my
'.info...' files are).

What else do I need to do?


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Re: info - again

[Mumit Khan]

"R. Hickling" <hicklinr@mcd.alcatel.be> writes:
> I have a 'dir' in '/usr/local/info', and 'info' runs, displaying its
> 'Top' node.
> 
> However, when I do 'm<whatever>' or even just 'h' it says
> -------------------------------------
> Info: No such file or directory
> -------------------------------------
> in the minibuffer.  It does the same irrespective of my 'INFOPATH' or
> '--directory' (which I set to '/usr/local/info' which is where all my
> '.info...' files are).
> 
> What else do I need to do?
> 

You may just want to pull down texinfo and build it yourself. It does work
for me, and I'm surprised that it's not working with your setup even with
INFOPATH or --directory option!

The only gotcha in building it, if I remember correctly, is that you may
need to get termcap.h, which was left out of Cygwin b20.1. The termcap
library itself is part of the distribution, so that part is ok.

I'll investigate when I get some time.

Regards,
Mumit


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Re: info - again

[R. Hickling]

> > I have a 'dir' in '/usr/local/info', and 'info' runs, displaying its
> > 'Top' node.
> > However, when I do 'm<whatever>' or even just 'h' it says
> > Info: No such file or directory
> > in the minibuffer.  It does the same irrespective of my 'INFOPATH' or
> > '--directory' (which I set to '/usr/local/info' which is where all my
> > '.info...' files are).
> > What else do I need to do?
> You may just want to pull down texinfo and build it yourself. It does work
> for me, and I'm surprised that it's not working with your setup even with
> INFOPATH or --directory option!
> The only gotcha in building it, if I remember correctly, is that you may
> need to get termcap.h, which was left out of Cygwin b20.1. The termcap
> library itself is part of the distribution, so that part is ok.

'./configure' worked fine.
'make' got past 'util' but failed in 'doc':
------------------------------------------------------------
Making all in doc
../makeinfo/makeinfo -I. `echo info-stnd.texi | sed 's,.*/,,'`
info-stnd.texi: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [info-stnd.info] Error 2
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
------------------------------------------------------------



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Re: info - again

[Mumit Khan]

"R. Hickling" <hicklinr@mcd.alcatel.be> writes:
> 
> './configure' worked fine.
> 'make' got past 'util' but failed in 'doc':
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Making all in doc
> ../makeinfo/makeinfo -I. `echo info-stnd.texi | sed 's,.*/,,'`
> info-stnd.texi: No such file or directory
> make[2]: *** [info-stnd.info] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
> ------------------------------------------------------------

You'll need to do some digging to see what is going wrong. This is what
I did with texinfo-3.12 when I did the initial build (I'm using the
original B20.1 Cygwin1 DLL on an NT 4.0SP3 machine):
  
  $ tar zxvf texinfo-3.12.tar.gz
  $ mkdir texinfo-3.12/BUILD
  $ cd texinfo-3.12/BUILD
  $ ../configure --prefix=/Cygnus/cygwin-b20 \
    --exec-prefix=/Cygnus/cygwin-b20/H-i586-cygwin32 -v i586-cygwin32
  $ make CC="gcc -I/usr/local/include"

my /usr/local/include contains all sorts of stuff like termcap, ncurses,
zlib, etc. I believe I have most of what Andy Piper distributes.

This is all from memory, but it's simple enough that it's a safe bet that
I haven't forgotten too much.

In your case, why don't you just tell make to ignore errors and go
forward? ie.,

  $ make -i

and see what happens?

Regards,
Mumit


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RE: info - again

[Kevin Wright]

"R. Hickling" <hicklinr@mcd.alcatel.be> writes:

> './configure' worked fine.
> 'make' got past 'util' but failed in 'doc':
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Making all in doc
> ../makeinfo/makeinfo -I. `echo info-stnd.texi | sed 's,.*/,,'`
> info-stnd.texi: No such file or directory
> make[2]: *** [info-stnd.info] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
> ------------------------------------------------------------

I remember getting errors like that and I managed to 
get to work by converting the .texi files from dos to unix 
using trans. I can't remember where I got trans.exe but when
I run it, it returns this info: 
	trans.exe 7.8 - (c) Kai Uwe Rommel - Feb 01 1994

Hope this helps,

Kevin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com
> [ mailto:cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com]On Behalf Of R. Hickling
> Sent: Monday, April 26, 1999 8:49 AM
> To: Mumit Khan
> Cc: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
> Subject: Re: info - again
> 
> 
> > > I have a 'dir' in '/usr/local/info', and 'info' runs, 
> displaying its
> > > 'Top' node.
> > > However, when I do 'm<whatever>' or even just 'h' it says
> > > Info: No such file or directory
> > > in the minibuffer.  It does the same irrespective of my 
> 'INFOPATH' or
> > > '--directory' (which I set to '/usr/local/info' which is 
> where all my
> > > '.info...' files are).
> > > What else do I need to do?
> > You may just want to pull down texinfo and build it 
> yourself. It does work
> > for me, and I'm surprised that it's not working with your 
> setup even with
> > INFOPATH or --directory option!
> > The only gotcha in building it, if I remember correctly, is 
> that you may
> > need to get termcap.h, which was left out of Cygwin b20.1. 
> The termcap
> > library itself is part of the distribution, so that part is ok.
> 
> './configure' worked fine.
> 'make' got past 'util' but failed in 'doc':
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Making all in doc
> ../makeinfo/makeinfo -I. `echo info-stnd.texi | sed 's,.*/,,'`
> info-stnd.texi: No such file or directory
> make[2]: *** [info-stnd.info] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
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Re: info - again

[David Starks-Browning]

On Monday 26 Apr 99, R. Hickling writes:
> 
> './configure' worked fine.
> 'make' got past 'util' but failed in 'doc':
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Making all in doc
> ../makeinfo/makeinfo -I. `echo info-stnd.texi | sed 's,.*/,,'`
> info-stnd.texi: No such file or directory
> make[2]: *** [info-stnd.info] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
> ------------------------------------------------------------

I don't know if this is the cause of your specific problem, but I
found it necessary to do two extra things before I could build texinfo
successfully:

1. Delete or rename the "makinfo.exe" supplied with cygwin.  This
   is written as a no-op.

2. Replace cygwin's "install.exe" with one that works on *.exe
   files.  I found one at

< ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/win32/develop/gnuwin32/cygwin/porters/Humblet_Pierre_A/install-cygwin-b20-sh >

Regards,
David

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  Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, UK       | fax: +44 (1223) 494 468
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Re: info - again

[Glenn Spell]

Kevin Wright wrote:
> 
> I remember getting errors like that and I managed to 
> get to work by converting the .texi files from dos to unix 
> using trans. I can't remember where I got trans.exe but when
> I run it, it returns this info: 
> 	trans.exe 7.8 - (c) Kai Uwe Rommel - Feb 01 1994

I found that when converting multiple files, trans would crash.

A precompiled "flip" with docs can be found at
< http://www.fay.nc.us/~glenn/cygwin/ >.

-glenn

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 )  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  )   >-----._/_/__]>
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info - again

[R. Hickling]

I have a 'dir' in '/usr/local/info', and 'info' runs, displaying its
'Top' node.

However, when I do 'm<whatever>' or even just 'h' it says
-------------------------------------
Info: No such file or directory
-------------------------------------
in the minibuffer.  It does the same irrespective of my 'INFOPATH' or
'--directory' (which I set to '/usr/local/info' which is where all my
'.info...' files are).

What else do I need to do?


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Re: info - again

[Mumit Khan]

"R. Hickling" <hicklinr@mcd.alcatel.be> writes:
> 
> './configure' worked fine.
> 'make' got past 'util' but failed in 'doc':
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Making all in doc
> ../makeinfo/makeinfo -I. `echo info-stnd.texi | sed 's,.*/,,'`
> info-stnd.texi: No such file or directory
> make[2]: *** [info-stnd.info] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
> ------------------------------------------------------------

You'll need to do some digging to see what is going wrong. This is what
I did with texinfo-3.12 when I did the initial build (I'm using the
original B20.1 Cygwin1 DLL on an NT 4.0SP3 machine):
  
  $ tar zxvf texinfo-3.12.tar.gz
  $ mkdir texinfo-3.12/BUILD
  $ cd texinfo-3.12/BUILD
  $ ../configure --prefix=/Cygnus/cygwin-b20 \
    --exec-prefix=/Cygnus/cygwin-b20/H-i586-cygwin32 -v i586-cygwin32
  $ make CC="gcc -I/usr/local/include"

my /usr/local/include contains all sorts of stuff like termcap, ncurses,
zlib, etc. I believe I have most of what Andy Piper distributes.

This is all from memory, but it's simple enough that it's a safe bet that
I haven't forgotten too much.

In your case, why don't you just tell make to ignore errors and go
forward? ie.,

  $ make -i

and see what happens?

Regards,
Mumit


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Re: info - again

[David Starks-Browning]

On Monday 26 Apr 99, R. Hickling writes:
> 
> './configure' worked fine.
> 'make' got past 'util' but failed in 'doc':
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Making all in doc
> ../makeinfo/makeinfo -I. `echo info-stnd.texi | sed 's,.*/,,'`
> info-stnd.texi: No such file or directory
> make[2]: *** [info-stnd.info] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
> ------------------------------------------------------------

I don't know if this is the cause of your specific problem, but I
found it necessary to do two extra things before I could build texinfo
successfully:

1. Delete or rename the "makinfo.exe" supplied with cygwin.  This
   is written as a no-op.

2. Replace cygwin's "install.exe" with one that works on *.exe
   files.  I found one at

< ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/win32/develop/gnuwin32/cygwin/porters/Humblet_Pierre_A/install-cygwin-b20-sh >

Regards,
David

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  Wellcome Trust Genome Campus           | tel: +44 (1223) 494 616
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Re: info - again

[R. Hickling]

> > I have a 'dir' in '/usr/local/info', and 'info' runs, displaying its
> > 'Top' node.
> > However, when I do 'm<whatever>' or even just 'h' it says
> > Info: No such file or directory
> > in the minibuffer.  It does the same irrespective of my 'INFOPATH' or
> > '--directory' (which I set to '/usr/local/info' which is where all my
> > '.info...' files are).
> > What else do I need to do?
> You may just want to pull down texinfo and build it yourself. It does work
> for me, and I'm surprised that it's not working with your setup even with
> INFOPATH or --directory option!
> The only gotcha in building it, if I remember correctly, is that you may
> need to get termcap.h, which was left out of Cygwin b20.1. The termcap
> library itself is part of the distribution, so that part is ok.

'./configure' worked fine.
'make' got past 'util' but failed in 'doc':
------------------------------------------------------------
Making all in doc
../makeinfo/makeinfo -I. `echo info-stnd.texi | sed 's,.*/,,'`
info-stnd.texi: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [info-stnd.info] Error 2
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
------------------------------------------------------------



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Re: info - again

[Glenn Spell]

Kevin Wright wrote:
> 
> I remember getting errors like that and I managed to 
> get to work by converting the .texi files from dos to unix 
> using trans. I can't remember where I got trans.exe but when
> I run it, it returns this info: 
> 	trans.exe 7.8 - (c) Kai Uwe Rommel - Feb 01 1994

I found that when converting multiple files, trans would crash.

A precompiled "flip" with docs can be found at
< http://www.fay.nc.us/~glenn/cygwin/ >.

-glenn

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 )   Fayetteville, North Carolina, C. S. A.   )_ (__\____o /_/_ |
 )  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  )   >-----._/_/__]>
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RE: info - again

[Kevin Wright]

"R. Hickling" <hicklinr@mcd.alcatel.be> writes:

> './configure' worked fine.
> 'make' got past 'util' but failed in 'doc':
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Making all in doc
> ../makeinfo/makeinfo -I. `echo info-stnd.texi | sed 's,.*/,,'`
> info-stnd.texi: No such file or directory
> make[2]: *** [info-stnd.info] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
> ------------------------------------------------------------

I remember getting errors like that and I managed to 
get to work by converting the .texi files from dos to unix 
using trans. I can't remember where I got trans.exe but when
I run it, it returns this info: 
	trans.exe 7.8 - (c) Kai Uwe Rommel - Feb 01 1994

Hope this helps,

Kevin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com
> [ mailto:cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com]On Behalf Of R. Hickling
> Sent: Monday, April 26, 1999 8:49 AM
> To: Mumit Khan
> Cc: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
> Subject: Re: info - again
> 
> 
> > > I have a 'dir' in '/usr/local/info', and 'info' runs, 
> displaying its
> > > 'Top' node.
> > > However, when I do 'm<whatever>' or even just 'h' it says
> > > Info: No such file or directory
> > > in the minibuffer.  It does the same irrespective of my 
> 'INFOPATH' or
> > > '--directory' (which I set to '/usr/local/info' which is 
> where all my
> > > '.info...' files are).
> > > What else do I need to do?
> > You may just want to pull down texinfo and build it 
> yourself. It does work
> > for me, and I'm surprised that it's not working with your 
> setup even with
> > INFOPATH or --directory option!
> > The only gotcha in building it, if I remember correctly, is 
> that you may
> > need to get termcap.h, which was left out of Cygwin b20.1. 
> The termcap
> > library itself is part of the distribution, so that part is ok.
> 
> './configure' worked fine.
> 'make' got past 'util' but failed in 'doc':
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Making all in doc
> ../makeinfo/makeinfo -I. `echo info-stnd.texi | sed 's,.*/,,'`
> info-stnd.texi: No such file or directory
> make[2]: *** [info-stnd.info] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
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Re: info - again

[Mumit Khan]

"R. Hickling" <hicklinr@mcd.alcatel.be> writes:
> I have a 'dir' in '/usr/local/info', and 'info' runs, displaying its
> 'Top' node.
> 
> However, when I do 'm<whatever>' or even just 'h' it says
> -------------------------------------
> Info: No such file or directory
> -------------------------------------
> in the minibuffer.  It does the same irrespective of my 'INFOPATH' or
> '--directory' (which I set to '/usr/local/info' which is where all my
> '.info...' files are).
> 
> What else do I need to do?
> 

You may just want to pull down texinfo and build it yourself. It does work
for me, and I'm surprised that it's not working with your setup even with
INFOPATH or --directory option!

The only gotcha in building it, if I remember correctly, is that you may
need to get termcap.h, which was left out of Cygwin b20.1. The termcap
library itself is part of the distribution, so that part is ok.

I'll investigate when I get some time.

Regards,
Mumit


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Re: info - again

[N8TM]

In a message dated 4/27/99 3:07:56 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
starksb@ebi.ac.uk writes:

> 2. Replace cygwin's "install.exe" with one that works on *.exe
>     files. 

Does the configure option --program-suffix='.exe' take care of this in some 
situations?

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Re: info - again

[N8TM]

In a message dated 4/27/99 3:07:56 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
starksb@ebi.ac.uk writes:

> 2. Replace cygwin's "install.exe" with one that works on *.exe
>     files. 

Does the configure option --program-suffix='.exe' take care of this in some 
situations?

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