[Bug gdb/14678] New: GDB 7.5 fails to build unless makeinfo is installed

[Bug gdb/14678] New: GDB 7.5 fails to build unless makeinfo is installed

[psmith at gnu dot org]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14678

             Bug #: 14678
           Summary: GDB 7.5 fails to build unless makeinfo is installed
           Product: gdb
           Version: 7.5
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: gdb
        AssignedTo: unassigned@sourceware.org
        ReportedBy: psmith@gnu.org
    Classification: Unclassified


I've seen various bugs against earlier releases of GDB stating that they would
not build on systems where makeinfo is not installed, but they were supposed to
be fixed in the current GDB releases.  So there is a new build failure with GDB
7.5, which will not build properly on systems without makeinfo installed.

It appears that gdb.info is depending on the generated file GDBvn.texi, but
that file is not provided in the GDB 7.5 distribution.  As a result make
rebuilds it, and as a result of THAT it wants to rebuild gdb.info but this of
course fails if makeinfo is not available:

make[7]: Entering directory `/usr/src/cc/obj/f/gdb.i686/gdb/doc'
(test "ln -s" = "ln -s" && \
  ln -s /usr/src/cc/gdb-7.5/gdb/doc/all-cfg.texi gdb-cfg.texi) || \
ln /usr/src/cc/gdb-7.5/gdb/doc/all-cfg.texi gdb-cfg.texi || \
cp /usr/src/cc/gdb-7.5/gdb/doc/all-cfg.texi gdb-cfg.texi
echo "@set GDBVN `sed q /usr/src/cc/gdb-7.5/gdb/doc/../version.in`" >
./GDBvn.new
if [ -n "(GDB) " ]; then \
  echo "@set VERSION_PACKAGE (GDB) " >> ./GDBvn.new; \
fi
echo "@set BUGURL @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/}" >> ./GDBvn.new
if [ "@uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/}" =
"@uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/}" ]; then \
  echo "@set BUGURL_DEFAULT" >> ./GDBvn.new; \
fi
if test -z "-I /usr/src/cc/gdb-7.5/gdb/doc/../../readline/doc"; then \
  echo "@set SYSTEM_READLINE" >> ./GDBvn.new; \
fi
mv GDBvn.new GDBvn.texi
/usr/src/cc/gdb-7.5/missing makeinfo --split-size=5000000 --split-size=5000000 
 -I /usr/src/cc/gdb-7.5/gdb/doc/../../readline/doc -I
/usr/src/cc/gdb-7.5/gdb/doc/../mi -I /usr/src/cc/gdb-7.5/gdb/doc \
    -o gdb.info /usr/src/cc/gdb-7.5/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
WARNING: `makeinfo' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
         you modified a `.texi' or `.texinfo' file, or any other file
         indirectly affecting the aspect of the manual.  The spurious
         call might also be the consequence of using a buggy `make' (AIX,
         DU, IRIX).  You might want to install the `Texinfo' package or
         the `GNU make' package.  Grab either from any GNU archive site.
make[7]: *** [gdb.info] Error 1

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[Bug gdb/14678] GDB 7.5 fails to build unless makeinfo is installed

[palves at redhat dot com]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14678

Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com> 2013-01-02 18:57:16 UTC ---
I just tried 7.5.1 (with 'configure MAKEINFO=false'), and I only see that 
if I try to build the info manual, with "make info".  If I just build gdb, with
"make", then I get no complaints.  I see gdb.info is included pre-built in the
the release tarball.  What exactly were you trying to do?

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[Bug gdb/14678] GDB 7.5 fails to build unless makeinfo is installed

[aaro.koskinen at iki dot fi]

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Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen at iki dot fi> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen at iki dot fi> ---
I see the same error with GDB 7.5.1. This happens during "make install".

There should be a way to prevent docs being installed. I'm cross-building GDB
for 5 different targets, it's not like I would need a separate copy of
documentation for each one of them in any case.

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[Bug gdb/14678] GDB 7.5 fails to build unless makeinfo is installed

[psmith at gnu dot org]

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--- Comment #7 from psmith at gnu dot org ---
Just FYI, this problem still is true in the latest GDB 9.1 release package: the
GDBvn.texi and gdb-cfg.texi files are not provided with the package, so they
need to be rebuilt, which then makes them newer than the info files, which then
requires makeinfo to be installed in order to build GDB.

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[Bug gdb/14678] GDB 7.5 fails to build unless makeinfo is installed

[psmith at gnu dot org]

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--- Comment #8 from psmith at gnu dot org ---
Also I should mention: in GDB 9.1 I get the failure just during a normal
invocation of `make`; I don't need to run `make install` to see it.

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[Bug gdb/14678] GDB 7.5 fails to build unless makeinfo is installed

[miguel.ojeda.sandonis at gmail dot com]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14678

Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis at gmail dot com> changed:

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--- Comment #9 from Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis at gmail dot com> ---
Still there in 10.1

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[Bug gdb/14678] GDB 7.5 fails to build unless makeinfo is installed

[tromey at sourceware dot org]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14678

Tom Tromey <tromey at sourceware dot org> changed:

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--- Comment #10 from Tom Tromey <tromey at sourceware dot org> ---
*** Bug 17268 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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[Bug gdb/14678] GDB 7.5 fails to build unless makeinfo is installed

[tromey at sourceware dot org]

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Tom Tromey <tromey at sourceware dot org> changed:

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--- Comment #11 from Tom Tromey <tromey at sourceware dot org> ---
*** Bug 18113 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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[Bug gdb/14678] GDB 7.5 fails to build unless makeinfo is installed

[tromey at sourceware dot org]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14678

Tom Tromey <tromey at sourceware dot org> changed:

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--- Comment #12 from Tom Tromey <tromey at sourceware dot org> ---
*** Bug 22092 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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[Bug gdb/14678] GDB 7.5 fails to build unless makeinfo is installed

[tromey at sourceware dot org]

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--- Comment #13 from Tom Tromey <tromey at sourceware dot org> ---
*** Bug 20417 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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[Bug build/14678] GDB 7.5 fails to build unless makeinfo is installed

[tromey at sourceware dot org]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14678

Tom Tromey <tromey at sourceware dot org> changed:

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[Bug build/14678] GDB 7.5 fails to build unless makeinfo is installed

[vries at gcc dot gnu.org]

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Tom de Vries <vries at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

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   Target Milestone|---                         |11.1
         Resolution|---                         |FIXED
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |vries at gcc dot gnu.org

--- Comment #14 from Tom de Vries <vries at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
This is fixed by commit ab954e4a53c ("Fix building gdb release from tar file
without makeinfo"), available starting release 11.1.

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[Bug build/14678] GDB 7.5 fails to build unless makeinfo is installed

[Nick.Fall at outlook dot jp]

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--- Comment #15 from nfall <Nick.Fall at outlook dot jp> ---
This bug appears to still be occuring in gdb 12.1.

$ mkdir gdbtest
$ cd gdbtest
$ ../tmp/gdb-12.1/configure
...
checking for makeinfo... no
/home/me/tmp/gdb-12.1/missing: line 81: makeinfo: command not found
...
$ make
...
  MAKEINFO doc/bfd.info
/home/me/tmp/gdb-12.1/missing: line 81: makeinfo: command not found
WARNING: 'makeinfo' is missing on your system.
         You should only need it if you modified a '.texi' file, or
         any other file indirectly affecting the aspect of the manual.
         You might want to install the Texinfo package:
         <http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/>
         The spurious makeinfo call might also be the consequence of
         using a buggy 'make' (AIX, DU, IRIX), in which case you might
         want to install GNU make:
         <http://www.gnu.org/software/make/>
make[3]: *** [doc/bfd.info] Error 127
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/me/gdbtest/bfd'
make[2]: *** [info-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/me/gdbtest/bfd'
make[1]: *** [all-bfd] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/me/gdbtest'
make: *** [all] Error 2

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[Bug build/14678] GDB 7.5 fails to build unless makeinfo is installed

[vries at gcc dot gnu.org]

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--- Comment #16 from Tom de Vries <vries at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to nfall from comment #15)
> This bug appears to still be occuring in gdb 12.1.

I'm aware of two separate problems with the same symptom:
- not being able to build gdb from a snapshot or release tarball without
  makeinfo
- not being able to build gdb from the repository without makeinfo

[ It's a bit unfortunate that PRs reporting both problems have been marked as
duplicate of this PR. ]

The first is gdb-specific, the second is due to top-level configure.

AFAICT, comment 0 reports the first problem, and comment 15 the second.

The first one has been fixed in aforementioned commit.  I've just confirmed
that downloading the gdb 12.1 tarball and doing configure
MAKEINFO=/usr/bin/false and make all-gdb gets me a complete build.

I'm working on fixing the second, I'm in the process of upstreaming a patch at
gcc-patches (
https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2022-October/602797.html ).

[ FWIW, I have a workaround submitted here
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2022-September/191642.html if
you're looking for something less intrusive.  Note also that this should work:
./configure; make MAKEINFO=/usr/bin/true, it's just a bit cumbersome to have to
remember to do this for each make invocation. ]

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[Bug build/14678] GDB 7.5 fails to build unless makeinfo is installed

[bugmenot at mailinator dot com]

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John Doe <bugmenot at mailinator dot com> changed:

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--- Comment #17 from John Doe <bugmenot at mailinator dot com> ---
[posted to the the one marked as duplicate before, this one is of course the
correct one]

Rechecked with GDB 13.1, texinfo seems to be still necessary, or worked around
with "make MAKEINFO=/usr/bin/true", so I think this issue should be reopened.

Tom de Vries suggested `--without-makeinfo` but I didn't seen that live yet. If
this is included and automatically enabled set on a distribution tarball if
makeinfo is not found (possibly instead of configure pointing to the missing
script), _then_ this would indeed be resolved-fixed.

Here's a build output that shows the issue with a release tarball, using
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdb/gdb-13.1.tar.xz 

$ cd /tmp
$ tar xf gdb-13.1.tar.gz
$ mkdir gdb-13.1/build
$ cd gdb-13.1/build
$ ../configure --prefix=/opt/gdb-13.1 --with-python --with-lzma
$ gmake -k  # output ignored
$ gmake 
gmake[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/gdb-13.1/build'
gmake[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/gdb-13.1/build/libiberty'
gmake[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/gdb-13.1/build/libiberty/testsuite'
gmake[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/gdb-13.1/build/libiberty/testsuite'
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/gdb-13.1/build/libiberty'
gmake[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/gdb-13.1/build/intl'
gmake[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/gdb-13.1/build/intl'
gmake[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/gdb-13.1/build/zlib'
gmake[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
true "AR_FLAGS=rc" "CC_FOR_BUILD=gcc -std=gnu99" "CFLAGS=-g -O2    "
"CXXFLAGS=-g -O2    " "CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD=-g -O2" "CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET=-g -O2"
"INSTALL=/bin/install -c" "INSTALL_DATA=/bin/install -c -m 644"
"INSTALL_PROGRAM=/bin/install -c" "INSTALL_SCRIPT=/bin/install -c" "LDFLAGS="
"LIBCFLAGS=-g -O2  " "LIBCFLAGS_FOR_TARGET=-g -O2" "MAKE=gmake"
"MAKEINFO=/tmp/gdb-13.1/missing makeinfo --split-size=5000000
--split-size=5000000 " "PICFLAG=" "PICFLAG_FOR_TARGET=" "SHELL=/bin/sh"
"EXPECT=expect" "RUNTEST=runtest" "RUNTESTFLAGS=" "exec_prefix=/opt/gdb-13.1"
"infodir=/opt/gdb-13.1/share/info" "libdir=/opt/gdb-13.1/lib"
"prefix=/opt/gdb-13.1" "tooldir=/opt/gdb-13.1/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" "AR=ar "
"AS=as" "CC=gcc -std=gnu99" "CXX=g++" "LD=ld" "LIBCFLAGS=-g -O2  " "NM=nm"
"PICFLAG=" "RANLIB=ranlib " "DESTDIR=" DO=all multi-do # gmake
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/gdb-13.1/build/zlib'
gmake[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/gdb-13.1/build/libsframe'
gmake  all-am
gmake[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/gdb-13.1/build/libsframe'
gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/gdb-13.1/build/libsframe'
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/gdb-13.1/build/libsframe'
gmake[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/gdb-13.1/build/bfd'
Making info in po
gmake[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/gdb-13.1/build/bfd/po'
gmake[3]: Nothing to be done for `info'.
gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/gdb-13.1/build/bfd/po'
gmake[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/gdb-13.1/build/bfd'
  MAKEINFO doc/bfd.info
/tmp/gdb-13.1/missing: line 81: makeinfo: command not found
WARNING: 'makeinfo' is missing on your system.
         You should only need it if you modified a '.texi' file, or
         any other file indirectly affecting the aspect of the manual.
         You might want to install the Texinfo package:
         <http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/>
         The spurious makeinfo call might also be the consequence of
         using a buggy 'make' (AIX, DU, IRIX), in which case you might
         want to install GNU make:
         <http://www.gnu.org/software/make/>
gmake[3]: *** [doc/bfd.info] Error 127
gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/gdb-13.1/build/bfd'
gmake[2]: *** [info-recursive] Error 1
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/gdb-13.1/build/bfd'
gmake[1]: *** [all-bfd] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/gdb-13.1/build'
gmake: *** [all] Error 2


So I think the bug should be reopened.

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[tromey at sourceware dot org]

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Tom Tromey <tromey at sourceware dot org> changed:

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--- Comment #18 from Tom Tromey <tromey at sourceware dot org> ---
Reopening.
It looks like the patch that landed fixed a problem with gdb's
info files.  However, a couple of the failures relate to BFD
instead.  So perhaps it also needs some treatment.

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