Re: [O] make install-info error messages

2012-07-28 Thread Greg Minshall
Achim, this is fink's install-info, living in /sw/bin. it covers (now that i'm looking) /usr/bin/install-info. bash greg-minshalls-mbp: {1080} /usr/bin/install-info --version install-info (GNU texinfo) 4.8 (it's odd, but not likely of interest, that fink claims i texinfo 4.1

Re: [O] make install-info error messages

2012-07-27 Thread Achim Gratz
Greg Minshall writes: > here's the install-info version. (i'm afraid i wasn't aware that > install-info was a local utility; i assumed it was part of the build > system for org or ...) This is indeed dpkg's version of install-info and a very old one to boot (apparently from macports?). First off

Re: [O] make install-info error messages

2012-07-27 Thread Greg Minshall
Achim, thanks for the reply. here's the install-info version. (i'm afraid i wasn't aware that install-info was a local utility; i assumed it was part of the build system for org or ...) bash greg-minshalls-mbp: {1057} install-info --version Debian install-info 1.10.21. Copyright (C) 1994,1

Re: [O] make install-info error messages

2012-07-27 Thread Achim Gratz
Greg Minshall writes: > install-info(doc/org): replacing existing dir entry for `org' > cp: /var/backups/infodir.bak: Permission denied > install-info(doc/org): couldn't backup /Users/minshall/usr/share/info/dir in > /var/backups/infodir.bak: Inappropriate ioctl for device What does 'install-info

[O] make install-info error messages

2012-07-27 Thread Greg Minshall
hi. i'm trying to install 7.8.11 on my Mac OS X system (running Emacs 24.1.1. i've changed Makefile (see below) in terms of emacs (to point to 24.1.1) and prefix (to install in ~/usr). install-info give the following set of error messages (and, the web page says "please submit a bug"): bash