> Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:00:15 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl Berry) > Cc: [email protected] > > First problem I met is that, during compilation of install-info, > regex.h could not be found. > > regex.h has been a standard header for a lot of years now. Does > #include <regex.h> really fail in mingw without a special -I? > This doesn't sound right for such a new platform. > > I intentionally left the #include unconditional just to see what would > happen. (It's been there for a couple of releases now.) > > Anyway, we could incorporate regex from gnulib, which would probably > solve it. > > LIBS = -lregex > > Here again, regex is supposed to be a standard part of libc, so if mingw > doesn't provide it, that doesn't sound right.
MinGW uses the libraries and runtime that come with MS-Windows out of the box. It doesn't add any libraries or headers. And Windows doesn't come with a regex library. > However when I compile a .texi it does work only if I give the full > path to non-installed makeinfo.exe, and if I try to use the > installed makeinfo.exe the .texi does not compile. It seems that > installation of makeinfo cannot be made independently from TeXinfo > other module installation. Is that normal ? > > No, it's not normal; it's a total mystery, in fact. There are no "other > modules"; makeinfo is a self-contained binary, and does not care about > where it is installed. How about if the OP shows some error messages that fail the generation of Info files by makeinfo? Then we might have a clue as to the possible reasons.
