# [BUG] Failed to make install-info 5 messages from 2007-12-13 to 2007-12-14. Participants: Jon Loeliger, Christian Couder, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/11276 ## Jon Loeliger, 2007-12-13 15:38 Subject: [BUG] Failed to make install-info Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/E1J2q92-0001YT-BZ%40jdl.com ``` Guys, I managed to fail to install info files during: /usr/src/git# make prefix=/usr install-info The /usr/share/info/dir file is readable. But it looks like our build isn't supplying a description that is needed by install-info? Is my info really old or something? This is: 1693 % pwd /usr/src/git 1694 % git describe v1.5.4-rc0 1695 % git rev-parse HEAD 1e8df762b38e01685f3aa3613e2d61f73346fcbe and: 1698 % install-info --version Debian install-info version 1.14.5. Thanks, jdl make -C Documentation install-info make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/git/Documentation' rm -f doc.dep+ doc.dep /usr/bin/perl ./build-docdep.perl >doc.dep+ mv doc.dep+ doc.dep make -C ../ GIT-VERSION-FILE make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/git' make[2]: `GIT-VERSION-FILE' is up to date. make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/git' make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/git/Documentation' make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/git/Documentation' make -C ../ GIT-VERSION-FILE make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/git' make[2]: `GIT-VERSION-FILE' is up to date. make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/git' install -d -m 755 /usr/share/info install -m 644 git.info gitman.info /usr/share/info if test -r /usr/share/info/dir; then \ install-info --info-dir=/usr/share/info git.info ;\ install-info --info-dir=/usr/share/info gitman.info ;\ else \ echo "No directory found in /usr/share/info" >&2 ; \ fi No `START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY' and no `This file documents'. install-info(git.info): unable to determine description for `dir' entry - giving up No `START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY' and no `This file documents'. install-info(gitman.info): unable to determine description for `dir' entry - giving up make[1]: *** [install-info] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/git/Documentation' make: *** [install-info] Error 2 ``` ## Christian Couder, 2007-12-14 05:35 Subject: Re: [BUG] Failed to make install-info Message-ID: <200712140635.39311.chriscool@tuxfamily.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200712140635.39311.chriscool%40tuxfamily.org In-Reply-To: ``` Le jeudi 13 décembre 2007, Jon Loeliger a écrit : > Guys, > I managed to fail to install info files during: > > /usr/src/git# make prefix=/usr install-info I am also struggling with "make install-info" to make it install in ~/share/info/dir First it barfed because "~/share/info/dir" did not exist. Then it doesn't find "install-info" because it's in "/usr/sbin" on my debian machine. I well tell if I get the same error as you. But right now I cannot invastigate more. Thanks, Christian. ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2007-12-14 06:03 Subject: Re: [BUG] Failed to make install-info Message-ID: <7vejdpvmlw.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vejdpvmlw.fsf%40gitster.siamese.dyndns.org In-Reply-To: <200712140635.39311.chriscool@tuxfamily.org> ``` Christian Couder writes: > Le jeudi 13 décembre 2007, Jon Loeliger a écrit : >> Guys, >> I managed to fail to install info files during: >> >> /usr/src/git# make prefix=/usr install-info > > I am also struggling with "make install-info" to make it install in > ~/share/info/dir > > First it barfed because "~/share/info/dir" did not exist. > > Then it doesn't find "install-info" because it's in "/usr/sbin" on my debian > machine. > > I well tell if I get the same error as you. But right now I cannot > invastigate more. I personally feel that calling "install-info" is a bit too distro-ish and should not be done in our Makefile vanilla build-and-install procedure. ``` ## Jon Loeliger, 2007-12-14 14:38 Subject: Re: [BUG] Failed to make install-info Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/E1J3Bg0-0004Ut-Ii%40jdl.com In-Reply-To: <7vejdpvmlw.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> ``` So, like, the other day Junio C Hamano mumbled: > > I personally feel that calling "install-info" is a bit too distro-ish > and should not be done in our Makefile vanilla build-and-install > procedure. Hmmm... That's an interesting take on things given the top of the INSTALL file: Git installation Normally you can just do "make" followed by "make install", and that will install the git programs in your own ~/bin/ directory. If you want to do a global install, you can do $ make prefix=/usr all doc info ;# as yourself # make prefix=/usr install install-doc install-info ;# as root Granted, it's the first time I've actually tried to install the docs on this (debian) machine too. I've normally just read them straight out of the doc directory. :-) But I will have to agree with you on the problems surrounding the One Install to Rule Them All (and in the darkness bind9 them). jdl ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2007-12-14 17:45 Subject: Re: [BUG] Failed to make install-info Message-ID: <7vprx9rwz1.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vprx9rwz1.fsf%40gitster.siamese.dyndns.org In-Reply-To: ``` Jon Loeliger writes: > So, like, the other day Junio C Hamano mumbled: >> >> I personally feel that calling "install-info" is a bit too distro-ish >> and should not be done in our Makefile vanilla build-and-install >> procedure. > > Hmmm... That's an interesting take on things > given the top of the INSTALL file: > > Git installation > > Normally you can just do "make" followed by "make install", and that > will install the git programs in your own ~/bin/ directory. If you want > to do a global install, you can do > > $ make prefix=/usr all doc info ;# as yourself > # make prefix=/usr install install-doc install-info ;# as root I was not talking about install-info target that copies generated *.info files to $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/. That does not sound distro-ish at all to me. What I found questionable was $(INSTALL_INFO) invocation in that target in the Makefile. ```