Re: gcc 2.95.1: 'make dvi' fails in g77.texi

[Jonathan Thornburg <jthorn at galileo dot thp dot univie dot ac dot at>]

Craig Burley <craig@jcb-sc.com>:
> Does this patch fix the problem?
> [[...]]

Thanks for the prompt reply.  Alas, the patch doesn't fix the problem
-- TeXing the g77 manual still fails, though the precise TeX error is
now different.  Here's an excerpt from the 'script' transcript (yes, I
did apply the patch to the gcc source tree before doing this!):

   Script started on Mon Aug 30 10:27:43 1999
   [[...]]
   
   % make dvi
   make[1]: Entering directory `/home/tmp/obj.gcc-2.95.1/libiberty'
   make[2]: Entering directory `/home/tmp/obj.gcc-2.95.1/libiberty/testsuite'
   make[2]: Nothing to be done for `dvi'.
   make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/tmp/obj.gcc-2.95.1/libiberty/testsuite'
   make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/tmp/obj.gcc-2.95.1/libiberty'
   make[1]: Entering directory `/home/tmp/obj.gcc-2.95.1/texinfo'
   Making dvi in intl
   make[2]: Entering directory `/home/tmp/obj.gcc-2.95.1/texinfo/intl'
   make[2]: Nothing to be done for `dvi'.
   make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/tmp/obj.gcc-2.95.1/texinfo/intl'
   Making dvi in lib
   make[2]: Entering directory `/home/tmp/obj.gcc-2.95.1/texinfo/lib'
   make[2]: Nothing to be done for `dvi'.
   make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/tmp/obj.gcc-2.95.1/texinfo/lib'
   Making dvi in makeinfo
   make[2]: Entering directory `/home/tmp/obj.gcc-2.95.1/texinfo/makeinfo'
   make[2]: Nothing to be done for `dvi'.
   make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/tmp/obj.gcc-2.95.1/texinfo/makeinfo'
   make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/tmp/obj.gcc-2.95.1/texinfo'
   make[1]: Entering directory `/home/tmp/obj.gcc-2.95.1/gcc'
   TEXINPUTS=:../../src.gcc-2.95.1/gcc:$TEXINPUTS tex gcc.texi
   [[...]]
   TEXINPUTS=:../../src.gcc-2.95.1/gcc:$TEXINPUTS tex gcc.texi
   [[...]]
   TEXINPUTS=:../../src.gcc-2.95.1/gcc:$TEXINPUTS tex cpp.texi
   [[...]]
   TEXINPUTS=:../../src.gcc-2.95.1/gcc:$TEXINPUTS tex cpp.texi
   [[...]]
   case "c proto gcov c++ f77" in \
     *[fF]77*) touch lang-f77;; \
     *) rm -f lang-f77;; \
   esac
   if [ -f lang-f77 ]; then \
     TEXINPUTS=:../../src.gcc-2.95.1/gcc:$TEXINPUTS tex ../../src.gcc-2.95.1/gcc/f/g77.texi; \
     texindex g77.??; \
     TEXINPUTS=:../../src.gcc-2.95.1/gcc:$TEXINPUTS tex ../../src.gcc-2.95.1/gcc/f/g77.texi; \
     mv g77.dvi f; \
   else true; fi
   This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.3beta6)
   (../../src.gcc-2.95.1/gcc/f/g77.texi (/usr/local/texmf/tex/texinfo/texinfo.tex
   Loading texinfo [version 1999-02-14.16]: Basics, fonts, page headings, tables,
   conditionals, indexing, sectioning, toc, environments, defuns, macros,
   cross references, (/usr/local/texmf/tex/plain/dvips/epsf.tex) localization,
   and turning on texinfo input format.)
   ! I can't find file `root.texi'.
   <to be read again>
                      @endgroup
   l.8 @include root.texi
   
   Please type another input file name: ^D
   ! Emergency stop.
   <to be read again>
                      @endgroup
   l.8 @include root.texi
   
   No pages of output.
   Transcript written on g77.log.
   texindex: No such file or directory; for file `g77.??'.
   This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.3beta6)
   (../../src.gcc-2.95.1/gcc/f/g77.texi (/usr/local/texmf/tex/texinfo/texinfo.tex
   Loading texinfo [version 1999-02-14.16]: Basics, fonts, page headings, tables,
   conditionals, indexing, sectioning, toc, environments, defuns, macros,
   cross references, (/usr/local/texmf/tex/plain/dvips/epsf.tex) localization,
   and turning on texinfo input format.)
   ! I can't find file `root.texi'.
   <to be read again>
                      @endgroup
   l.8 @include root.texi
   
   Please type another input file name: ^C
   ! Emergency stop.
   <to be read again>
                      @endgroup
   l.8 @include root.texi
   
   No pages of output.
   Transcript written on g77.log.
   make[1]: *** [f/g77.dvi] Error 1
   make: *** [do-dvi] Error 130
   
   % exit
   exit
   
   script done on Mon Aug 30 10:58:06 1999

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