Re: `make info' fails on cc-mode.texi with Texinfo 4.3

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Ralf Angeli <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:10:30 +0100
> 
> The build process aborts if `make info' is called with Texinfo 4.3.
> Here is the build output:
> 
> $ make info
> [Please ignore a syntax error on the next line - it is intentional]
> /bin/sh.exe: -c: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
> /bin/sh.exe: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file
> makeinfo --force emacs.texi
> makeinfo --force emacs-xtra.texi
> makeinfo --force cc-mode.texi
> cc-mode.texi:1621: Unknown command `headitem'.
> cc-mode.texi:1654: Unknown command `headitem'.
> make: *** [../info/ccmode] Error 2
> 
> Version information for `makeinfo':
> 
> $ makeinfo --version
> makeinfo (GNU texinfo) 4.3
> [...]
> 
> This version comes with current MSYS and does not know @headitem which
> was introduced with Texinfo 4.7.

Texinfo 4.3 is 3 years old, which is very old.  Why don't you install
a Texinfo port from GnuWin32, they have v4.8 there.

CC Mode says quite explicitly:

    @comment Note that Texinfo 4.7 (or later) is needed.