-------------- Original message from Bernd Paysan <bernd.pay...@gmx.de>: 
-------------- 
>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.

I've been trying to get MacTex, with texLive installed, but it keeps hanging on 
the teclive portion.  I finally got BasicTex installed, but obviously, that not 
enough yet.  Now, I'm trying to figure out what I need to do to make it work.

> 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]
>...

Thanks!  That give me something to work towards. ;)

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

DaR

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