David Ronis writes:
>>>>>>"Vadim" == Vadim V Zhytnikov <vvzhy@mail.ru> writes:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>
> >> As long as I'm at it, describe() is broken in the CVS; in
> >> short, 'make install' no longer installs the info pages, and
> >> once installed with 'make info', describe("log"); returns
> >> FALSE.
> >>
> >> The bug report is at:
> >>
> >> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1045821&group_id=4933&atid=104933
> >> <http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1045821&group_id=4933&atid=104933>;
> >>
> >>
> Vadim> This is probably known problem with maxima and automake 1.8
> Vadim> (I bet you have very 1.8 on your system). With 1.7 and
> Vadim> below make install still works well. Unfortunately I don't
> Vadim> know automake well enough to grasp what is wrong and make
> Vadim> Maxima automake machinery work with automake 1.8.
>
>You are correct; I'm running automake 1.8.5. The fact that the info
>pages don't get made and installed is not a major problem as this is
>trivial to do manually. However, describe() still doesn't work, even
>though the complaint about not finding the info directory doesn't
>happen. Is that an automake problem too?
>
>David
>
>
>
I can't reproduce your problem with describe. It works fine to me if
I install it manually with automake 1.8 and automatically with
automake 1.7. I use GCL 2.6.5.
--
Vadim V. Zhytnikov
<vvzhy@mail.ru>
<vvzhy@netorn.ru>