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Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 13:25:24 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Sun, 18 Nov 2001, Andrew Cottrell wrote:

> 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 never said it will be easy ;-)

> 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.

These are real errors in which.texinfo; you need to fix them before they 
will build.  However, with many old manuals, it's sufficient to give the
"--ifinfo" switch to makeinfo.  If that doesn't work, you will need to 
make sure there's a valid "@node Top" and "@top" directives at the 
beginning of which.texinfo.

> 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 $.

Does the Makefile say "SHELL = /bin/sh"?  If not, this is your problem: 
the above command needs a Unixy shell to run.

Also note that ":" (in the value of TEXINPUTS) is not a valid directory 
separator in DJGPP, it needs to be replaced with a ";"

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