describe revision merged into cvs main



>>>>> "Vadim" == Vadim V Zhytnikov <vvzhy at mail.ru> writes:

    Vadim> Raymond Toy writes:
    >>>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Dodier <robert.dodier at gmail.com> writes:
    Robert> Hello,
    Robert> I've merged the revision of describe into the main branch of CVS.
    Robert> So if you update from CVS you'll get it, and it will be in the next release
    Robert> (barring unforeseen problems).
    >> What version of perl is needed for this to work?  I get the following
    >> error when I build maxima:
    >> cd . \
    >> && /bin/sh /apps/public/src/toy/maxima-new/missing --run makeinfo   \
    >> `echo maxima.texi | sed 's,.*/,,'`
    >> perl ./build_index.pl maxima.info ':crlf' > maxima-index.lisp
    >> Unknown open() mode '<:crlf' at ./build_index.pl line 25.
    >> Do I need to set up my locale or anything?

    Vadim> As far as I know Perl 5.8 is required for new info/describe
    Vadim> layout.  As for locale at build time I strongly recommend
    Vadim> to do make, make install in C aka POSIX locale.

    Vadim> Perl (5.8) is absolutely necessary for CVS build and "make dist".

Ugh.  Ok.  I guess I have to go build 5.8 then on all the machines I
use to build maxima.

Thanks for the info,

Ray