[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #55371] Add configure flag to specify makeinfo path

[Mike Miller]

Update of bug #55371 (project octave):

                  Status:                    None => Works For Me           

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Follow-up Comment #1:

You can already build Octave with MAKEINFO=/path/to/makeinfo. For example


export MAKEINFO=/path/to/makeinfo
./configure


or


./configure MAKEINFO=/path/to/makeinfo


to specify the makeinfo program to use at build time. Does this help address
your issue with the makeinfo program not being on PATH?

Further, at run time after Octave is built and installed, you can use the
'makeinfo_program' function to set which makeinfo program to use when
formatting help strings. For example


>> makeinfo_program ('/path/to/makeinfo');
>> help sqrt


This can be done in your ~/.octaverc or the global octaverc to make the change
effective every time Octave runs.

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