Re: [Mac-emacs-users] emacs make error

[Andrew C. <ak...@sh...>]

> Hello
> I'm trying to install emacs on my powerbook(MacOSX10.1.4)
> But I recieve error in make.
> First I installed texinfo4.2 from source(./configure then make,make 
> install,it's OK)
> Now I patched emacs (emacs-21.1-2-mac.patch to emacs-21.1)
> ./configure>make>make install
> first time I recieved error at this time.
> Then I tried make bootstrap
> Now I recieved error at this time.
> I copied error message of end,I past below.
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------
> (cd man; make  info)
> cd /Users/takamoto/emacs/emacs-21.1/man; makeinfo emacs.texi
> emacs.texi:103: First argument to cross-reference may not be empty.
> ./maintaining.texi:847: First argument to cross-reference may not be 
> empty.
> makeinfo: Removing output file `../info/emacs' due to errors; use 
> --force to preserve.
> make[1]: *** [../info/emacs] Error 2
> make: *** [info] Error 2
> ----------------------------------------------------
> this is just end of message,Is it enough??
> If there is any good suggestion,Let me know.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Takamoto Ando
> gl...@ct...

Hi Ando,

The newer versions of texinfo cause problems for the build.  Version
21.1 with the patch seems to require texinfo 4.0.  The version in the
CVS (currently 21.3.50) works fine with texinfo 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2.

I suggest getting the Emacs src from CVS

  http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/emacs/

and using texinfo 4.2.  That works for me.  The code is newer too and
contains many bug fixes!  For instructions on how to checkout code
using CVS, see

  http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group_id=40

Note that I posted a patch on this mailing list for the current CVS
version last week which I haven't committed to the CVS repository yet.

Andrew.