Re: compile error

[Tim Janik <timj gtk org>]

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 alex panzermensch com wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 04:05:06PM +0100, Tim Janik wrote:
> > On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 alex panzermensch com wrote:
> >
> > > I get a compile error from the cvs-version:
> > >
> > > log:
> > > Making all in generated
> > > make[3]: Entering directory `/home/alex/tmp/beast/docs/generated'
> > > make[4]: Entering directory `/home/alex/tmp/beast/docs/generated'
> > > texitheque texi2xml --output=sfi.3.crossfix.xml sfi.3.texi
> > > FATAL: Cannot read file '/tmp/sfi.3.texi.1166.xml': No such file or
> > > directory
> > > make[4]: *** [sfi.3.crossfix.xml] Error 2
> > > make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/alex/tmp/beast/docs/generated'
> > > make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > > make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/alex/tmp/beast/docs/generated'
> > > make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > > make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/alex/tmp/beast/docs'
> > > make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/alex/tmp/beast'
> > > make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
> > >
> > > any help?
> >
> > ok, you're building from CVS.
> >
> > this is due to texitheque trigegring a bug in makeinfo which
> > leads to a segfault and leaves you without sfi.3.texi.1166.xml.
> >
> > one temporary workaround is to use an older makeinfo, i.e.
> > the one from texinfo_4.6-1_i386.deb.
> worked fine!
>
> thnx!
>
> Can anyone say how far away 0.6.4 is from release?

about 0.5 to 2.0 days, depending on how many things are getting
into the current process of releasing beast.

for instance, we just lost the wiki and site-search ability,
because yosh hat to shut down php4 on gtk.org, due to a
recent security advisory.

> /alx

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ciaoTJ