Can we build Maxima without needing makeinfo?

Here are a couple of ideas.
One is to build Maxima from a tar.gz as provided on
the SF file manager.
Tarballs are built via make dist-gzip and they contain
the generated .info files so makeinfo isn't needed afterwards.
Another idea is to build Maxima via the Lisp-only build
procedure, which doesn't build the .info files.

Just some ideas. Hope this helps.
Robert Dodier

On 2/15/11, Dr. David Kirkby <david.kirkby at onetel.net> wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
>
> Dave
>
> _______________________________________________
> Maxima mailing list
> Maxima at math.utexas.edu
> http://www.math.utexas.edu/mailman/listinfo/maxima
>