[gobolinux-users] Failed to compile binutils (2.18)

[Jonas Karlsson]

On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:29:36 +0100, Thomas Queste <tqueste at free.fr> wrote:

> This is my afternoon for compile errors.
> This time, it is binutils which failed with :
>
> config.status: executing default commands
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/Files/Compile/Sources/binutils-2.18/_build/bfd/po'
> make[3]: Entering directory `/Files/Compile/Sources/binutils-2.18/_build/bfd/po'
> make[3]: Nothing to be done for `info'.
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/Files/Compile/Sources/binutils-2.18/_build/bfd/po'
> make[3]: Entering directory `/Files/Compile/Sources/binutils-2.18/_build/bfd'
> make[3]: Nothing to be done for `info-am'.
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/Files/Compile/Sources/binutils-2.18/_build/bfd'
> make[2]: *** [info-recursive] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/Files/Compile/Sources/binutils-2.18/_build/bfd'
> make[1]: *** [all-bfd] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/Files/Compile/Sources/binutils-2.18/_build'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> Compile: Build process failed.
>
>
> Before this output, there is an error, but it don't seem to stop to process.
> This error is :
> WARNING: `makeinfo' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
>          you modified a `.texi' or `.texinfo' file, or any other file
>          indirectly affecting the aspect of the manual.  The spurious
>          call might also be the consequence of using a buggy `make' (AIX,
>          DU, IRIX).  You might want to install the `Texinfo' package or
>          the `GNU make' package.  Grab either from any GNU archive site.
> make[3]: *** [bfd.info] Error 1
>
As make reports error, this is propagated to the earlier calls, resulting in
an final error. Do you have Texinfo installed? If you do, could you post more
 from the log?

-- 
/Jonas

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