Hi Bill; Here is some more information:
ls -ld /opt/local/bin/makeinfo lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 8 Dec 9 19:36 /opt/local/bin/makeinfo -> texi2any port list texinfo texinfo @7.0.1 textproc/texinfo ls -ld /opt/local/bin/texi2any -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 68708 Dec 9 19:36 /opt/local/bin/texi2any port contents texinfo | grep texi2any /opt/local/bin/texi2any /opt/local/share/info/texi2any_api.info /opt/local/share/info/texi2any_internals.info /opt/local/share/man/man1/texi2any.1.gz I've never created a MacPorts bug report before; guess it is time to learn how to do that :-) Thanks, Ken On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 1:28 PM Bill Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2022-12-19 at 15:03:35 UTC-0500 (Mon, 19 Dec 2022 12:03:35 -0800) > Kenneth Wolcott <[email protected]> > is rumored to have said: > > > Hi; > > > > a2ps fails to install (compressed log attached). > > > > one item I noticed (several instances: > > :info:destroot /bin/sh: /usr/bin/makeinfo: No such file or directory > > > > Does this mean that there is a missing dependency? > > It looks like it's saying that the version of 'makeinfo' that has > historically been included in macOS is not present. > > That seems like something Apple might have done in a recent version, as > they have been removing GNU tools pretty aggressively. It was still > there in Catalina (which is as far as I've ventured...) > > If it really is gone, you can get a version by installing the 'texinfo' > port, but it won't be at that path and it won't be whatever version > Apple last had in the base system. However, it might be noticed and used > by the a2ps configure stage and if so, should work. I expect that the > proper solution will be to add texinfo as a dependency. > > > -- > Bill Cole > [email protected] or [email protected] > (AKA @grumpybozo and many *@billmail.scconsult.com addresses) > Not Currently Available For Hire
