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Re: can't update makeinfo from 5.1
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David Nalesnik |
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Re: can't update makeinfo from 5.1 |
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Fri, 1 Nov 2019 08:14:15 -0500 |
On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 5:12 AM Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> wrote:
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> > When I run configure, an error is returned saying that makeinfo is
> > too old (5,2). When I run sudo apt-get install texinfo, I'm told
> > that I have the latest version. makeinfo --version still returns
> > 5.2.
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> Ouch. `makeinfo` is part of texinfo. Version 5.2 was published
> September 2013!
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> The current version is 6.6, published February 2019.
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> So please either use an add-on repository for your GNU/Linux
> distribution to get a newer texinfo version, or install it directly
> from the tarball.
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Will try and report back.
Thanks!