Re: make on OSX requires extra etex step

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On 09:52 Sun 08 Jul     , Michael Albinus wrote:
> address@hidden writes:
> 
> > I did not see this in the files included with 2.1.9 and with the CVS
> > version, so in case this has not been noticed:
> > On OSX, make resulted in errors until I went into the texi directory
> > and ran etex tramp.texi. 
> 
> I have no Mac for testing. Could you, please, provide
> 
> - the output of make with the error
> - the additional step you have performed, including output
> - (optional) a patch for texi/Makefile.in
in fact, the problem is something in the syntax of the 
test:
 $(if $(findstring no, $(TEXI2DVI)),, 

Forcing either branch does not lead to the error.
Only the intact (if (test),(then),(else)) form leads to the problem. 
> 
> What surprises me is that you have to call (e)tex directly. makeinfo and
> texi2dvi shall be sufficient.
> 
> Thanks, and best regards, Michael.