I thought to try `libtoolize' first and that eliminated the Automake errors regarding the Autoconf macros. However, the missing file errors remained:
configure.ac:52: error: required file './config.rpath' not found configure.ac:159: error: required file 'intl/Makefile.in' not found configure.ac:52: error: required file './ABOUT-NLS' not found There's no explanation of building the package from scratch with the build tools Libtool, Autoconf, etc., in INSTALL or elsewhere in the top directory. Laurence > Gesendet: Dienstag, 05. April 2022 um 07:26 Uhr > Von: "Laurence Finston" <laurence.fins...@gmx.de> > An: bug-mdk@gnu.org > Betreff: Installing from Git repository failed and problems with > documentation formats > > Hello, > > I was able to install mdk 1.3.0 from the tarball. I was not able to install > MDK from the current version in the Git repository. This is the protocol: > > $ git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/mdk.git > > $ cd mdk/ > > $ aclocal > > $ autoconf > > $ autoheader > > Successful up to here. > > $ automake --add-missing --copy > > configure.ac:52: warning: AC_COMPILE_IFELSE was called before > AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS > configure.ac:52: warning: AC_RUN_IFELSE was called before > AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS > configure.ac:52: error: required file './config.rpath' not found > configure.ac:159: error: required file 'intl/Makefile.in' not found > configure.ac:52: error: required file './ABOUT-NLS' not found > > The only file in [...]/mdk/intl is `.gitignore' (i.e., no `Makefile.am'). > > I wanted to generate the manual in PDF format. Using the dist. from the > tarball, I got this error: > > $ make gendocs > (cd ../doc && \ > ./gendocs.sh --email bug-mdk@gnu.org mdk 'GNU MDK Users Manual') > /bin/bash: line 1: ./gendocs.sh: No such file or directory > make: *** [Makefile:989: gendocs] Error 127 > > Using the installation from the Git repository, I was able to generate > `gendocs' but then I got this error: > > $ gendocs > ./gendocs: cannot find .texinfo or .texi or .txi for in > /home/laurence/mdk_local/git_repos/mdk/doc. > > I just used `texi2dvi mdk.tex' and `dvipdfmx mdk.dvi' to generate the PDF > file. The following aren't bugs, but I then had to print to a file to get it > into DIN A4 format and had to look for the page numbers to eliminate the > blank page at the end and the COPYING section. Obviously, the COPYING > section is needed but I think it would be a convenience to indicate how to > eliminate it for printing purposes. I don't do this yet for my manuals, but > I plan to. > > I do think it's important, however, to provide documentation in PDF format > from the point of view of accessibility for people who, like me, have > problems reading on computer screens. If you don't want to do that, it would > be nice if you would consider at least providing rules for this in > `[...]/doc/Makefile.am', because not everybody knows how to use Texinfo. > > Thanks. > > Laurence Finston