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| author | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2020-04-11 12:56:12 +1000 |
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| committer | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2020-04-11 12:56:12 +1000 |
| commit | 986d2a5b2d908c9d129f6d486e8839c2ec24f761 (patch) | |
| tree | 92beaab2524f4cb5cb3d373eb54a77f210ccf8fc /README | |
| parent | 6051dae0ed025521ec5a32f9c5e8ebffa7feaf36 (diff) | |
| download | groff-git-986d2a5b2d908c9d129f6d486e8839c2ec24f761.tar.gz | |
Require Texinfo 5.0 (February 2013) at a minimum.
* m4/groff.m4 (GROFF_MAKEINFO): Check for version 5.0 (increased from
4.8). Update diagnostics and comments.
* INSTALL.extra:
* README:
* doc/groff.texi:
* doc/webpage.ms: Document updated requirement.
* doc/fixinfo.sh: Delete; it is no longer necessary to work around
Texinfo 4.x bugs.
* doc/doc.am (EXTRA_DIST): Stop shipping fixinfo.sh.
(.texi.html): Remove makeinfo < 5.0 version check and consequent
execution of fixinfo.sh. Update comment.
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@ following tools to build `groff' directly from its source: ghostscript the psutils package the netpbm package - texinfo 4.8 + texinfo 5.0 bison >= 1.875b or byacc Note that `texinfo' and `bison' or `byacc' are required only for building from repository sources (either a checked out working copy, or a commit snapshot). They are not required for building from a stable release tarball. Also note that the version numbers stated are -the minimum supported. No version of `texinfo' < 4.8 works, and the +the minimum supported. No version of `texinfo' < 5.0 works, and the original release of `bison' 1.875 is known not to work; you *may* find that `bison' releases < 1.875 work, but in case of difficulty, please update to a later version *before* posting a bug report. |