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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2008-05-03 20:16:15 +0000
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2008-05-03 20:16:15 +0000
commitdea7c1f0352a63792a549c2f3c338997c35b6205 (patch)
treec96a7a5bd504fb5e52b8b51c582cde56fadc9c5d /configure.in
parent6a0f3987469058f0c511ae0c5e10025b0d6a6deb (diff)
downloademacs-dea7c1f0352a63792a549c2f3c338997c35b6205.tar.gz
(--without-makeinfo): New option. If set, absence of suitable
makeinfo is not a fatal error.
Diffstat (limited to 'configure.in')
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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 6e128a1bd9b..bbaca559148 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ OPTION_DEFAULT_OFF([carbon],[use Carbon GUI on Mac OS X. This is unsupported!])
OPTION_DEFAULT_ON([gpm],[don't use -lgpm for mouse support on a GNU/Linux console])
OPTION_DEFAULT_ON([dbus],[don't compile with D-Bus support])
+## For the times when you want to build Emacs but don't have
+## a suitable makeinfo, and can live without the manuals.
+dnl http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-04/msg01844.html
+OPTION_DEFAULT_ON([makeinfo],[don't require makeinfo for building manuals])
+
dnl Can remove these in Emacs 24.
AC_ARG_WITH([gtk],,
AC_MSG_ERROR([--with-gtk has been removed. Use --with-x-toolkit to
@@ -891,10 +896,22 @@ if test "$MAKEINFO" != "no" && \
MAKEINFO=no
fi
-if test "$MAKEINFO" = "no"; then
- AC_MSG_ERROR( [makeinfo >= 4.6 is required] )
-fi
+if test "$MAKEINFO" = "no" && test "x${with_makeinfo}" != "xno"; then
+
+ if test -e $srcdir/info/emacs; then
+ gotinfo="seems"
+ else
+ gotinfo="does NOT seem"
+ fi
+
+ AC_MSG_ERROR( [You do not seem to have makeinfo >= 4.6.
+You will not be able to build the Emacs manuals.
+In Emacs releases, they are prebuilt, so this might not be a problem.
+Your source tree $gotinfo to have manuals in the `info' directory.
+Either install a suitable version of makeinfo, or re-run configure
+with the `--without-makeinfo' option.] )
+fi
dnl Add our options to ac_link now, after it is set up.