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diff --git a/contrib/texinfo/INSTALL b/contrib/texinfo/INSTALL index 9226bbfc7a09..58346285203b 100644 --- a/contrib/texinfo/INSTALL +++ b/contrib/texinfo/INSTALL @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Id: INSTALL,v 1.2 2002/09/11 16:32:09 karl Exp $ +$Id: INSTALL,v 1.5 2004/11/19 13:08:47 karl Exp $ Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright @@ -9,6 +9,27 @@ Automake-based distribution, please read the file `INSTALL.generic'. Installation notes specific to Texinfo: +* texinfo.tex and the other *.tex files are not installed by `make + install'. This is because there is no reliable way to know where to + install them. Instead, you have to run an additional make command + after the normal make install: + make TEXMF=/your/texmf install-tex + texinfo.tex is installed in ${TEXMF}/tex/texinfo/texinfo.tex, etc. + +* On the other hand, if you're maintaining a TeX distribution, you don't + want your users to see the installation warnings, because you already + have the files installed. (And you're keeping them up to date, right?) + In this case, run configure --disable-install-warnings, or set + enable_install_warnings=no in the environment. + +* On MacOSX, if configure fails with the error: + ac_cv_build='config.sub: invalid option -apple-darwin7.2.0 +this is probably because your uname -p is returning "unknown". Use +/usr/bin/uname instead. + +* For instructions on compiling this distribution with DJGPP tools + for MS-DOS and MS-Windows, see the file djgpp/README. + * The Info tree uses a file `dir' as its root node; the `dir-example' file in this distribution is included as a possible starting point. Use it, modify it, or ignore it just as you like. @@ -22,6 +43,3 @@ Installation notes specific to Texinfo: * If your info files are not in $prefix/info, you may wish to add a line #define DEFAULT_INFOPATH "/mydir1:/mydir2:..." to config.h after running configure. - -* For instructions on compiling this distribution with DJGPP tools - for MS-DOS and MS-Windows, see the file djgpp/README. |