632160 – sys-devel/m4: missing sys-apps/texinfo DEPEND

Bug 632160 - sys-devel/m4: missing sys-apps/texinfo DEPEND

Summary: sys-devel/m4: missing sys-apps/texinfo DEPEND

Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Reported:	2017-09-27 16:51 UTC by Robin Johnson
Modified:	2020-03-28 20:51 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

See Also:	628912 622652
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Description Robin Johnson archtester

2017-09-27 16:51:50 UTC

From email report to base-system@gentoo.org:
Greetings Project:Base,

The sys-devel/m4 package is missing sys-apps/texinfo as a build dependency.
This is because m4 needs /usr/bin/makeinfo to build...

I do not install texinfo explicitly, so this command removes it:

  emerge --depclean --with-bdeps=n

Then, if I try building sys-devel/m4 like so:

  emerge sys-devel/m4

... I see this error:

  QA Notice: command not found:
    /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/m4-1.4.17/work/m4-1.4.17/build-aux/missing:
      line 81: makeinfo: command not found

I can fix like so:

  emerge --ask --oneshot sys-apps/texinfo

I know this is a small thing.  Just thought you should now...

Thanks!

- Tor

Comment 1 Robin Johnson archtester

2017-09-27 16:55:40 UTC

base-system/release:
Can somebody else confirm the dependency tree for a potential fix of:

DEPEND=${DEPEND} !build? ( doc? ( sys-apps/texinfo ) )
(and a minor patch to not call makeinfo if USE=-doc or USE=build.

Comment 2 Matt Turner gentoo-dev

2020-03-28 20:51:22 UTC

After uninstalling texinfo, I can't see that m4's build calls makeinfo. With and without texinfo installed m4 installs the exact same set of files for me.