Re: lilypond-2.18.2/lilypond-from-gitRepo gets muddy with help2man

[Phil Holmes]

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From: "lux-integ" <address@hidden>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 6:22 PM
Subject: lilypond-2.18.2/lilypond-from-gitRepo gets muddy with help2man


> Greetings,
>
> I am new to this list. .  I tried the lilypond-users-list  but a 
> half-response
> led me to surmise perhaps I should try here
>
>
> I am attempting to compile  both lilypond-2.18.2  and the (unstable) 
> lilypond-
> from-git  on a  computer with these:-
> --cpu  -amd64 3 cores
> --os - linux BLFS(pure 64bit) linux-3.10.37, gcc-4.8.1 guile-1.8.8, 
> help2man,
> dblatex3.2,ghostscript-9.06 (and other reqs to compile  lilypond )
>
>
>
> I ran configure successfully (in both instances ) like so:-
>
> cd lilypond-XXXX
> mkdir build
> cd build
> ../configure
> --options  ....
>
>
> Then attempted to compile by running make like so:-
>
> make all
>
>
> However  'make all'  (in both instances )    ends like so:-
> #'--------------
> /home/linteg/lilypond-2.18.2{ or
> lilypondOutOfGit}/build/scripts/build/out/help2man out/lilypond >
> out/lilypond.1
> help2man: can't get `--help' info from out/lilypond
> Try `--no-discard-stderr' if option outputs to stderr
> make[1]: *** [out/lilypond.1] Error 127
> #-------------
>
> The  build-failure messages above are totally muddy and opaque to me; I
> have'nt a clue what they  mean  nor how to   get the lilypond-build  to 
> pass
> this glitch .
>
>
>
> I also tried  to build  within the source tree  (i.e. without the mkdir 
> build
> && cd build ) before I ran configure  and the same make-failure  results.
>
>
>
> Help/advice would be greately appreciated.


If you're only trying to compile the binary, a simple make would suffice and 
_may_ avoid the problem.

--
Phil Holmes