Mail Archives: djgpp-workers/2001/11/18/05:41:13
I downloaded the files and the same problem occured. Could someone please
check to see if they can build the dvi, html and ps docs for which 2.11 or
2.13 and let me know how it went.
Thanks in advance for helping out.
Andrew
> I just checked and I found that I have not updated my Tex directory from
> Simtel in a long time. Let me try this again.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Cottrell" <acottrel AT ihug DOT com DOT au>
> To: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
> Cc: <djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 7:56 PM
> Subject: Re: Which 2.13 DSMs (LONG) [Was: Re: Which 2.12.1 source and
binary
> test zip file]
>
>
> > Eli,
> >
> > I was hoping (and still am) that I didn't need to build TeX as I am
still
> > trying to work on the last 8 issues (now 9) with the pacakges built with
> CVS
> > LIBC. I tried to build the docs on Win 98 box with TeX from simtel and
I
> > got some warnings and it failed to make the docs. I even went back to
2.11
> > and tried to build the docs and couldn't. I wonder if this is because
the
> > docs were built on a Unix box. Could soemone else please try to build
the
> > Which 2.11 docs (html and PS docs, not info) and let me know how you
went.
> I
> > have never tried to do this so it may be a setup issue at my end.
> >
> > To produce the HTML docs, type "makeinfo --html -o which.html
> > which.texinfo". The output from this was the same for both Win 98 and
Win
> > XP:-
> > DJGPP_204 D:\dj204\gnu\which-2.11\which211>makeinfo --html -o
> which.html
> > which.texinfo
> > which.texinfo:78: warning: @menu seen before first @node, creating
> `Top'
> > node.
> > which.texinfo:78: warning: perhaps your @top node should be wrapped
in
> > @ifnottex
> > rather than @ifinfo?.
> > ./which.texinfo:78: Next field of node `Top' not pointed to.
> > ./which.texinfo:120: This node (Option Summary) has the bad Prev.
> > makeinfo: Removing output file `which.html' due to errors;
use --force
> > to preserve.
> >
> > To produce the DVI file, type "make which.dvi". The output from Win 98
> is:
> > DJGPP_204 C:\dj204\gnu\which211>make which.dvi
> > TEXINPUTS=.:$TEXINPUTS \
> > MAKEINFO='makeinfo -I .' texi2dvi which.texinfo
> > c:/dj204/bin/texi2dvi: Could not read $Revision:.
> > c:/dj204/bin/texi2dvi: Could not read 1.10.
> > c:/dj204/bin/texi2dvi: Could not read $.
> >
> > To produce the PostScript version, say "make which.ps". The output from
> Win
> > 98 failed as expected bacise there was no dvi file from the previous
step.
> > The ouitput was:
> > DJGPP_204 C:\dj204\gnu\which211>make which.ps
> > TEXINPUTS=.:$TEXINPUTS \
> > MAKEINFO='makeinfo -I .' texi2dvi which.texinfo
> > c:/dj204/bin/texi2dvi: Could not read $Revision:.
> > c:/dj204/bin/texi2dvi: Could not read 1.10.
> > c:/dj204/bin/texi2dvi: Could not read $.
> > dvips which.dvi -o which.ps
> > dvipsk 5.66a Copyright 1986-97 Radical Eye Software
> (www.radicaleye.com)
> > C:\DJ204\BIN/dvips.exe: ! DVI file `which.dvi' can't be opened.
> > make.exe: *** [which.ps] Error 1
> >
> > I have added Tex to the list issues to be checked out. Before I start to
> > buiild TeX I would like to see if somone else can get it to work with
the
> > Which 2.11 package from Simtel.
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
> > To: "Andrew Cottrell" <acottrel AT ihug DOT com DOT au>
> > Cc: <djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 7:15 PM
> > Subject: Re: Which 2.13 DSMs (LONG) [Was: Re: Which 2.12.1 source and
> binary
> > test zip file]
> >
> >
> > >
> > > On Sun, 18 Nov 2001, Andrew Cottrell wrote:
> > >
> > > > 2) Build the doc package on my old Win 98 box as I have not
built
> > Tex
> > > > for Win 2K/XP
> > >
> > > That'd be an important test of the patched binaries: TeX build is very
> > > complex, deeply recursive, and runs a lot of programs. Please tell
what
> > > you find.
> > >
> >
>
>
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