Re: [help-texinfo] ../tools/info/makedoc: No such file or directory [solved]

[Karl Berry]

Hi Graham,

Thanks for the note.

    The solution is to install a tex system such as texlive.

I can't understand why that is the solution.  TeX Live has nothing to do
with makedoc.  makedoc is a tiny self-contained program in the info/
subdirectory of the texinfo source.  It has to be built and run
natively, rather than cross.  There is code in texinfo's configure[.ac]
to automatically do a subsidiary native configure and build to handle
makedoc.

I don't doubt the situation can be improved, but installing TeX Live
can't be the answer wrt makedoc.  Something else must have been going on.

Best,
Karl

P.S. Gavin, I wonder if we could get rid of the whole cross-compiling
native_tools/TOOLS_ONLY complexity by replacing the C implementation of
makedoc with a Perl/whatever implementation that does not need to be
compiled.  Just if you feel like looking into it ...