Can we build Maxima without needing makeinfo?



Maxima is used in Sage, but texinfo is not a requirement for building Sage. As 
such, it has been reported that the Maxima failed to build on a system where 
makeinfo (part http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/) of was not installed.

It is possible to build Maxima without requiring the texinfo package to be 
installed? If so how.

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