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Date:      Sat, 13 Jan 2007 10:31:45 +0200
From:      Mahmoud Labadi <mlabadi@hadara.ps>
To:        Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: automake19: texinfo error during build
Message-ID:  <45A898F1.7040902@hadara.ps>
In-Reply-To: <20070113034450.GB40355@kobe.laptop>
References:  <01b101c73687$f9a937d0$0301a8c0@palestine2> <20070113034450.GB40355@kobe.laptop>

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thank for your quick response..
I did that because I got this error during making install for mutt 
package so I tried to check automake
please advise

===>   mutt-1.4.2.2 depends on executable in : sgmlfmt - found
===>   mutt-1.4.2.2 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/automake19 - not found
===>    Verifying install for /usr/local/bin/automake19 in 
/usr/ports/devel/automake19
===>  Building for automake-1.9.6
Making all in .
Making all in doc
restore=: && backupdir=".am$$" &&  am__cwd=`pwd` && cd . &&  rm -rf 
$backupdir && mkdir $backupdir &&  if (makeinfo --no-split --version) 
 >/dev/null 2>&1; then  for f in ./automake19.info 
./automake19.info-[0-9] ./automake19.info-[0-9][0-9] ./automake19.i[0-9] 
./automake19.i[0-9][0-9]; do  if test -f $f; then mv $f $backupdir; 
restore=mv; else :; fi;  done;  else :; fi &&  cd "$am__cwd";  if 
makeinfo --no-split   -I .  -o ./automake19.info ./automake19.texi;  
then  rc=0;  cd .;  else  rc=$?;  cd . &&  $restore $backupdir/* `echo 
"././automake19.info" | sed 's|[^/]*$||'`;  fi;  rm -rf $backupdir; exit $rc
./automake19.texi:8788: Unknown command `tie'.
./automake19.texi:8788: Misplaced {.
./automake19.texi:8788: Misplaced }.
./automake19.texi:9090: Unknown command `tie'.
./automake19.texi:9090: Misplaced {.
./automake19.texi:9090: Misplaced }.
./automake19.texi:9310: Unknown command `tie'.
./automake19.texi:9310: Misplaced {.
./automake19.texi:9310: Misplaced }.
./automake19.texi:9318: Unknown command `tie'.
./automake19.texi:9318: Misplaced {.
./automake19.texi:9318: Misplaced }.
makeinfo: Removing output file `./automake19.info' due to errors; use 
--force to preserve.
*** Error code 2

Stop in /usr/ports/devel/automake19/work/automake-1.9.6/doc.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/devel/automake19/work/automake-1.9.6.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/devel/automake19.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/mail/mutt.

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Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On 2007-01-12 22:26, Mahmoud Labadi <mlabadi@hadara.ps> wrote:
>   
>> Dear ALL,
>> I got the same problem... any news plz
>>
>> I'm trying to upgrade my automake from 1.8.5_2 to 1.9.6 (in
>> order to install Subversion, which seems to require
>> this). During the build, I get a screenful of errors like
>>
>> ./automake19.texi:8788: Unknown command `tie'.
>> ./automake19.texi:8788: Misplaced {.
>> ./automake19.texi:8788: Misplaced }.
>> ./automake19.texi:9090: Unknown command `tie'.
>> [...]
>>
>> before dying with
>>
>> ---
>> makeinfo: Removing output file `./automake19.info' due to errors; use --force to preserve.
>> *** Error code 2
>>
>> Stop in /usr/ports/devel/automake19/work/automake-1.9.6/doc.
>> *** Error code 1
>>     
>
> FYI, I think you are attacking the problem the wrong way:
>
> 1. Don't use the devel/automake19 port for development work with automake.
>
>    AFAIK, this port is not a full automake19 package, but a special port
>    of automake, which provides just barely enough automake support for
>    the Ports tree.
>
>    For local automake-based development, you should either use the
>    devel/gnu-automake port instead, or roll your own installation of
>    automake and friends, from a clean source tarball of automake-1.9.6
>
> 2. Why do you have to install automake19 for Subversion?
>
>    Does the devel/subversion port require it?  I don't see a dependency
>    for automake in `ports/devel/subversion/Makefile'.
>
>
>
>
>   



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