trouble building from cvs (fails in /src/doc/design)
Derek Atkins
warlord@MIT.EDU
07 Jun 2002 11:18:51 -0400
No need to copy it. Just make sure to either use autogen.sh or you
can ./configure --enable-maintainer-mode and all should be fine. (I
had this exact problem a long time ago).
-derek
<ofaaland@attbi.com> writes:
> Yes, you're right, I did. When autogen.sh ran
> configure the first time, it stopped because I didn't
> have g-wrap. After I installed g-wrap I re-ran
> configure by hand.
>
> I guess I wasn't supposed to.
>
> I'm planning on setting up a second source tree anyway,
> so I'll just copy the file from that one when I do it.
> Thanks for your help.
>
> -Olaf
>
>
> > When you run configure with --enable-maintainer-mode it should create
> > that the version.texi file. When you run autogen.sh, it runs
> > configure properly. Did you, perhaps, re-run configure by hand after
> > running autogen.sh?
> >
> > -derek
> >
> > ofaaland@attbi.com writes:
> >
> > > Hi again,
> > >
> > > I figured out that the problem is that I am missing
> > > 'version.texi' from that directory. The file that
> > > includes it, gnucash-design.texinfo, states in a
> > > comment that configure was supposed to create it for
> > > me. Is that true?
> > >
> > > In the meantime, I created it with 'touch', and let
> > > things continue. The resulting .info file seems fine,
> > > but maybe I'm missing something.
> > >
> > > Let me know if there's anything else I should do. I
> > > apologize if this was in the list archives or
> > > documents, somewhere. Now that I know what was missing
> > > I'll go back and search again.
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > > Olaf
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > This is the first time I've attempted to build gnucash
> > > > in several months, and I'm doing it on a system that
> > > > has been loaded from scratch, so my environment may
> > > > well be missing something. I searched the list
> > > > archives and the documentation in the source and wasn't
> > > > able to find an answer. Thanks in advance for your
> > > > help.
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to build the current cvs
> > > > (development/unstable branch) as of Wed Jun 5 20:41:13
> > > > PDT 2002. I'm building it on a virgin redhat 7.3 with
> > > > all the development libraries and tools installed.
> > > > G-wrap was the only software I had to install to
> > > > satisfy autogen and configure.
> > > >
> > > > Here are the versions of the tools I thought might be
> > > > pertinent:
> > > >
> > > > docbook-dtds-1.0-8
> > > > docbook-style-dsssl-1.76-1
> > > > openjade-1.3.1-4
> > > > docbook-utils-0.6.9-25
> > > > docbook-utils-pdf-0.6.9-25
> > > > texinfo-4.1-1
> > > > jadetex-3.12-2
> > > > docbook-style-xsl-1.49-1
> > > >
> > > > When I run make, it doesn't get very far. Here are the
> > > > last few lines. If you want more, I would be happy to
> > > > provide the output of 'make clean' and './configure'
> > > > and 'make', and/or anything else that would help.
> > > >
> > > > make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/olaf/dev/gnucash/lib'
> > > > Making all in src
> > > > make[2]: Entering directory
> > > > `/home/olaf/dev/gnucash/src'
> > > > Making all in doc
> > > > make[3]: Entering directory
> > > > `/home/olaf/dev/gnucash/src/doc'
> > > > Making all in design
> > > > make[4]: Entering directory
> > > > `/home/olaf/dev/gnucash/src/doc/design'
> > > > cd . \
> > > > && makeinfo `echo gnucash-design.texinfo | sed
> > > > 's,.*/,,'`
> > > > gnucash-design.texinfo:9: @include `version.texi': No
> > > > such file or directory.
> > > > ./user-preferences.texinfo:127: warning: Info cannot
> > > > handle `:' in index entry `gnc:register-option'.
> > > > ./user-preferences.texinfo:144: warning: Info cannot
> > > > handle `:' in index entry
> > > > `gnc:make-simple-boolean-option'.
> > > > ./user-preferences.texinfo:161: warning: Info cannot
> > > > handle `:' in index entry
> > > > `gnc:make-complex-boolean-option'.
> > > > ./user-preferences.texinfo:174: warning: Info cannot
> > > > handle `:' in index entry `gnc:make-string-option'.
> > > > ./user-preferences.texinfo:180: warning: Info cannot
> > > > handle `:' in index entry `gnc:make-date-option'.
> > > > ./user-preferences.texinfo:210: warning: Info cannot
> > > > handle `:' in index entry
> > > > `gnc:make-multichoice-option'.
> > > > ./user-preferences.texinfo:228: warning: Info cannot
> > > > handle `:' in index entry `gnc:make-list-option'.
> > > > ./user-preferences.texinfo:236: warning: Info cannot
> > > > handle `:' in index entry `gnc:make-font-option'.
> > > > ./user-preferences.texinfo:244: warning: Info cannot
> > > > handle `:' in index entry `gnc:make-color-option'.
> > > > ./user-preferences.texinfo:255: warning: Info cannot
> > > > handle `:' in index entry `gnc:make-currency-option'.
> > > > ./user-preferences.texinfo:262: warning: Info cannot
> > > > handle `:' in index entry
> > > > `gnc:make-account-list-option'.
> > > > ./user-preferences.texinfo:265: warning: Info cannot
> > > > handle `:' in index entry `gnc:make-internal-option'.
> > > > ./user-preferences.texinfo:272: warning: Info cannot
> > > > handle `:' in index entry
> > > > `gnc:make-number-range-option'.
> > > > ./user-preferences.texinfo:286: warning: Info cannot
> > > > handle `:' in index entry `gnc:lookup-option'.
> > > > ./user-preferences.texinfo:297: warning: Info cannot
> > > > handle `:' in index entry `gnc:option-value'.
> > > > makeinfo: Removing output file
> > > > `/home/olaf/dev/gnucash/src/doc/design/gnucash-design.info'
> > > > due to errors; use --force to preserve.
> > > > make[4]: *** [gnucash-design.info] Error 2
> > > > make[4]: Leaving directory
> > > > `/home/olaf/dev/gnucash/src/doc/design'
> > > > make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > > > make[3]: Leaving directory
> > > > `/home/olaf/dev/gnucash/src/doc'
> > > > make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > > > make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/olaf/dev/gnucash/src'
> > > > make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/olaf/dev/gnucash'
> > > > make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
> > > >
> > > > Thanks again,
> > > > Olaf
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> > Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
> > Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB)
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Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB)
URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH
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