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Remove the --without-makeinfo configure option (bug#46837)

* configure.ac (--without-makeinfo): Remove option.
(HAVE_MAKEINFO): Remove output variable.

* Makefile.in (HAVE_MAKEINFO): Remove.
(info_misc): Remove HAVE_MAKEINFO check.
(info-real): Remove target.
(info): Simplify.

; * etc/NEWS: Mention this.
This commit is contained in:
Glenn Morris 2021-03-06 10:38:07 -08:00
parent 8fc6810eb6
commit c3cf99f537
3 changed files with 22 additions and 49 deletions

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@ -166,9 +166,6 @@ infodir=@infodir@
# Info files not in the doc/misc directory (we get those via make echo-info).
INFO_NONMISC=emacs.info eintr.info elisp.info
# If no makeinfo was found and configured --without-makeinfo, "no"; else "yes".
HAVE_MAKEINFO=@HAVE_MAKEINFO@
# Directory for local state files for all programs.
localstatedir=@localstatedir@
@ -650,9 +647,6 @@ install-etcdoc: src install-arch-indep
## If info/dir is missing, but we have install-info, we should let
## that handle it. If info/dir is present and we do not have install-info,
## we should check for missing entries and add them by hand.
##
## FIXME:
## If HAVE_MAKEINFO = no and there are no info files, do not install info/dir.
install-info: info
umask 022; ${MKDIR_P} "$(DESTDIR)${infodir}"
-unset CDPATH; \
@ -667,7 +661,6 @@ install-info: info
info_misc=`$(MAKE) --no-print-directory -s -C doc/misc echo-info`; \
cd ${srcdir}/info ; \
for elt in ${INFO_NONMISC} $${info_misc}; do \
test "$(HAVE_MAKEINFO)" = "no" && test ! -f $$elt && continue; \
for f in `ls $$elt $$elt-[1-9] $$elt-[1-9][0-9] 2>/dev/null`; do \
(cd "$${thisdir}"; \
${INSTALL_DATA} ${srcdir}/info/$$f "$(DESTDIR)${infodir}/$$f"); \
@ -987,13 +980,13 @@ $(DOCS):
$(MAKE) -C doc/$(subst -, ,$@)
.PHONY: $(DOCS) docs pdf ps
.PHONY: info dvi dist html info-real info-dir check-info
.PHONY: info dvi dist html info-dir check-info
## TODO add etc/refcards.
docs: $(DOCS)
dvi: $(DVIS)
html: $(HTMLS)
info-real: $(INFOS)
info: $(INFOS) info-dir
pdf: $(PDFS)
ps: $(PSS)
@ -1027,7 +1020,7 @@ info_dir_deps = \
## installation location by the install-info rule, but we also
## need one in the source directory for people running uninstalled.
## FIXME it would be faster to use the install-info program if we have it,
## but then we would need to depend on info-real, which would
## but then we would need to depend on ${INFOS}, which would
## slow down parallelization.
${srcdir}/info/dir: ${info_dir_deps}
$(AM_V_at)${MKDIR_P} ${srcdir}/info
@ -1082,24 +1075,6 @@ uninstall-html: $(UNINSTALL_HTML)
uninstall-pdf: $(UNINSTALL_PDF)
uninstall-ps: $(UNINSTALL_PS)
# Note that man/Makefile knows how to put the info files in $(srcdir),
# so we can do ok running make in the build dir.
# This used to have a clause that exited with an error if MAKEINFO = no.
# But it is inappropriate to do so without checking if makeinfo is
# actually needed - it is not if the info files are up-to-date. (Bug#3982)
# Only the doc/*/Makefiles can decide that, so we let those rules run
# and give a standard error if makeinfo is needed but missing.
# While it would be nice to give a more detailed error message, that
# would require changing every rule in doc/ that builds an info file,
# and it's not worth it. This case is only relevant if you download a
# release, then change the .texi files.
ifneq ($(HAVE_MAKEINFO),no)
info: info-real info-dir
else
info:
endif
## build-aux/make-info-dir expects only certain dircategories.
check-info: info
cd info ; \

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@ -506,11 +506,6 @@ otherwise for the first of 'inotify', 'kqueue' or 'gfile' that is usable.])
OPTION_DEFAULT_OFF([xwidgets],
[enable use of xwidgets in Emacs buffers (requires gtk3 or macOS Cocoa)])
## For the times when you want to build Emacs but don't have
## a suitable makeinfo, and can live without the manuals.
dnl https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2008-04/msg01844.html
OPTION_DEFAULT_ON([makeinfo],[don't require makeinfo for building manuals])
## Makefile.in needs the cache file name.
AC_SUBST(cache_file)
@ -1344,14 +1339,13 @@ if test -n "$BREW"; then
fi
## Require makeinfo >= 4.13 (last of the 4.x series) to build the manuals.
if test "${MAKEINFO:=makeinfo}" != "no"; then
case `($MAKEINFO --version) 2>/dev/null` in
*' (GNU texinfo) '4.1[[3-9]]* | \
*' (GNU texinfo) '[[5-9]]* | \
*' (GNU texinfo) '[[1-9][0-9]]* ) ;;
*) MAKEINFO=no;;
esac
fi
: ${MAKEINFO:=makeinfo}
case `($MAKEINFO --version) 2>/dev/null` in
*' (GNU texinfo) '4.1[[3-9]]* | \
*' (GNU texinfo) '[[5-9]]* | \
*' (GNU texinfo) '[[1-9][0-9]]* ) ;;
*) MAKEINFO=no;;
esac
## Makeinfo is unusual. For a released Emacs, the manuals are
## pre-built, and not deleted by the normal clean rules. makeinfo is
@ -1362,21 +1356,19 @@ fi
## should test for it as it does for any other build requirement.
## We use the presence of $srcdir/info/emacs to distinguish a release,
## with pre-built manuals, from a repository checkout.
HAVE_MAKEINFO=yes
if test "$MAKEINFO" = "no"; then
MAKEINFO=makeinfo
if test "x${with_makeinfo}" = "xno"; then
HAVE_MAKEINFO=no
elif test ! -e "$srcdir/info/emacs" && test ! -e "$srcdir/info/emacs.info"; then
if test ! -e "$srcdir/info/emacs" && test ! -e "$srcdir/info/emacs.info"; then
AC_MSG_ERROR( [You do not seem to have makeinfo >= 4.13, and your
source tree does not seem to have pre-built manuals in the 'info' directory.
Either install a suitable version of makeinfo, or re-run configure
with the '--without-makeinfo' option to build without the manuals.] )
Please install a suitable version of makeinfo.] )
else
AC_MSG_WARN( [You do not seem to have makeinfo >= 4.13.
You will not be able to rebuild the manuals if you delete them or change
their sources.] )
fi
fi
AC_SUBST([MAKEINFO])
AC_SUBST(HAVE_MAKEINFO)
if test $opsys = mingw32; then
DOCMISC_W32=efaq-w32

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@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ shaping, so 'configure' now recommends that combination.
** The ftx font backend driver has been removed.
It was declared obsolete in Emacs 27.1.
---
** The configure option '--without-makeinfo' has been removed.
This was only ever relevant when building from a repository checkout.
Please install makeinfo, or if all else fails run 'make lisp' instead
of 'make [all]'.
---
** Support for building with '-fcheck-pointer-bounds' has been removed.
GCC has withdrawn the '-fcheck-pointer-bounds' option and support for