Re: [VM] gmake failure

[Reinhard Kotucha]

On 2017-05-29 at 07:10:05 -0800, Michael wrote:

 > Woke early so had a bit of free time to install gmake (thanks Mark Diekhans) 
 > and try to install vm.
 > Now, with gmake, I get this:
 > In end of data:
 > u-vm-color.el:759:1:Warning: the function `vm-restore-buffer-modified-p' 
 > might
 >     not be defined at runtime.
 > gmake[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/home/mike/Programs/vm-8.2.0b/lisp'
 > gmake[1]: Entering directory '/usr/home/mike/Programs/vm-8.2.0b/info'
 > echo @set VERSION 8.2.0b > version.texinfo
 > makeinfo  vm.texinfo -o vm.info
 > vm.texinfo:917: warning: @end should only appear at a line beginning
 > vm.texinfo:2817: warning: superfluous arguments for node
 > vm.texinfo:1210: @ref reference to nonexistent node `maildrop
 >   specification'
 > vm.texinfo:2871: raising the section level of @unnumberedsubsubsec which is 
 > too low
 > vm.texinfo:3428: raising the section level of @unnumberedsubsec which is too 
 > low
 > vm.texinfo:5177: raising the section level of @unnumberedsubsec which is too 
 > low
 > vm.texinfo:6024: raising the section level of @unnumberedsubsubsec which is 
 > too low
 > vm.texinfo:6072: raising the section level of @unnumberedsubsubsec which is 
 > too low
 > vm.texinfo:6182: raising the section level of @unnumberedsubsec which is too 
 > low
 > vm.texinfo:6548: raising the section level of @unnumberedsubsubsec which is 
 > too low
 > gmake[1]: *** [<builtin>: vm.info] Error 1
 > gmake[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/home/mike/Programs/vm-8.2.0b/info'
 > gmake: *** [Makefile:37: all] Error 1
 > 
 > 
 > Now what do I do? I see it mentions maildrop, but that is also installed.
 > 
 > Sorry for all the problems and thanks for all the help.

The messages come from makeinfo, not gmake.  Could you try

  cd /usr/home/mike/Programs/vm-8.2.0b/info
  makeinfo vm.texinfo -o vm.info
  echo $?

The last line prints the exit status, which should be 0, otherwise
make aborts.

Regards,
  Reinhard

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