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Re: [PATCH] Require texinfo 4.7
Joseph S. Myers wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Aaron W. LaFramboise wrote:
With texinfo 4.6, bootstrap on trunk fails with the following.
This is not sufficient to update the required texinfo version. The
required version is listed in at least two other places in install.texi,
and the makeinfo version check in gcc/configure.ac also needs to be
updated.
This patch updates all instances in install.texi and the configure check.
OK to commit?
2008-07-23 Aaron W. LaFramboise <aaronavay62@aaronwl.com>
* configure: Regenerate.
* configure.ac: Require texinfo 4.7.
* doc/install.texi: Document texinfo 4.7 requirement.
Index: gcc/doc/install.texi
===================================================================
--- gcc/doc/install.texi (revision 137752)
+++ gcc/doc/install.texi (working copy)
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ Necessary to build GCC during developmen
files are not included in the SVN repository. They are included in
releases.
-@item Texinfo version 4.4 (or later)
+@item Texinfo version 4.7 (or later)
Necessary for running @command{makeinfo} when modifying @file{*.texi}
files to test your changes.
@@ -1765,7 +1765,7 @@ build machinery, not of GCC itself) that
build the C front end.
When building from SVN or snapshots, or if you modify Texinfo
-documentation, you need version 4.4 or later of Texinfo installed if you
+documentation, you need version 4.7 or later of Texinfo installed if you
want Info documentation to be regenerated. Releases contain Info
documentation pre-built for the unmodified documentation in the release.
@@ -2362,7 +2362,7 @@ If you find a bug, please report it foll
@uref{../bugs.html,,bug reporting guidelines}.
If you want to print the GCC manuals, do @samp{cd @var{objdir}; make
-dvi}. You will need to have @command{texi2dvi} (version at least 4.4)
+dvi}. You will need to have @command{texi2dvi} (version at least 4.7)
and @TeX{} installed. This creates a number of @file{.dvi} files in
subdirectories of @file{@var{objdir}}; these may be converted for
printing with programs such as @command{dvips}. Alternately, by using
@@ -3676,7 +3676,7 @@ or newer for a working GCC@.
@end html
@heading @anchor{powerpc-x-netbsd}powerpc-*-netbsd*
PowerPC system in big endian mode running NetBSD@. To build the
-documentation you will need Texinfo version 4.4 (NetBSD 1.5.1 included
+documentation you will need Texinfo version 4.7 (NetBSD 1.5.1 included
Texinfo version 3.12).
@html
Index: gcc/configure.ac
===================================================================
--- gcc/configure.ac (revision 137752)
+++ gcc/configure.ac (working copy)
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ AC_CHECK_PROG(have_mktemp_command, mktem
# that we can use it.
ACX_CHECK_PROG_VER(MAKEINFO, makeinfo, --version,
[GNU texinfo.* \([0-9][0-9.]*\)],
- [4.[4-9]*|4.[1-9][0-9]*|[5-9]*|[1-9][0-9]*])
+ [4.[7-9]*|4.[1-9][0-9]*|[5-9]*|[1-9][0-9]*])
if test $gcc_cv_prog_makeinfo_modern = no; then
AC_MSG_WARN([
*** Makeinfo is missing or too old.