>>>>> "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