Re: language.texi

[Ben Pfaff]

Jason Stover <address@hidden> writes:

> I just updated, and got this with BSD make:
>
> doc/language.texi:609: Unknown command `float'.
> doc/language.texi:610: Unknown command `tie'.
> doc/language.texi:610: Misplaced {.
> doc/language.texi:610: Misplaced }.
> doc/language.texi:611: Unknown command `headitem'.
> doc/language.texi:611: Unknown command `tie'.
>
> ...along with many other errors before make exits.

@float and @headitem were introduced in Texinfo 4.7, and @tie in
Texinfo 4.3, so it sounds like you have an old version of
`makeinfo' installed.

Our README didn't say anything about Texinfo.  I checked in this
change:

--- README.~1.12.~      2006-07-18 19:49:38.000000000 -0700
+++ README      2006-11-25 18:55:49.000000000 -0800
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ PSPP, you will need to install certain p
       have these installed, you must run `configure' with
       --without-gui.
 
+    * Optional: Texinfo 4.7 or later, if you want to build the
+      documentation in PostScript or PDF format.
+
 For information on differences from previous versions, please see file
 NEWS.  Full documentation on PSPP's language can be found in the doc/
 directory.

I don't think this is a make problem, except that make possibly
rebuilt the Info documentation when it was unnecessary.
-- 
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