On Samstag 17 Januar 2009, druf...@att.net wrote:
> Ok, I may have to give up on ever getting data off my old PowerBook,
> but I think I have all the basics setup on my G5 server now. 
> However, I still get the following error at the same spot I am having
> trouble with in cygwin.  Is this new, or are you trying to do
> something unconventional?
>
> cd doc; texi2dvi gforth.texi
> This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.1415926-1.40.9 (Web2C 7.5.7)
>  %&-line parsing enabled.
> entering extended mode
> (./txiversion.tex
> ! I can't find file `texinfo.tex'.
> l.1 \input texinfo.tex
>                        @bye
> (Press Enter to retry, or Control-D to exit)
> Please type another input file name:
> ! Emergency stop.
> l.1 \input texinfo.tex
>                        @bye
> No pages of output.
> Transcript written on txiversion.log.
> /usr/bin/texi2dvi: texinfo.tex appears to be broken, quitting.
> make: *** [doc/gforth.dvi] Error 1
>
> I am able to do my TeX stuff just fine! ;)

But you don't have a texinfo.tex file installed. What kind of broken 
install is this? I use texlive 2007 for Mac OS X, this comes with a 
texinfo.tex file, and works fine. This is how it looks for me:

This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6)
 file:line:error style messages enabled.
 %&-line parsing enabled.
entering extended mode
(/Users/bernd/proj/gforth/doc/gforth.texi
(/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/texinfo/texinfo.tex
Loading texinfo [version 2007-01-02.19]: pdf, fonts, page headings, 
tables,
conditionals, indexing, sectioning, toc, environments, defuns, macros,
cross references, insertions,
(/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/generic/epsf/epsf.tex
This is `epsf.tex' v2.7.3 <23 July 2005>
) localization, formatting, and turning on texinfo input format.)
(./version.texi) [1] [2] [-1] (Preface) Chapter 1 [1]
...

-- 
Bernd Paysan
"If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself"
http://www.jwdt.com/~paysan/

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