After further checks, it turns out that 'makeinfo' is supplied by package 'texinfo', and to install 'texinfo', you have to use the 'CodeReady Builder' repo on RHEL8, or the 'PowerTools' repo on CentOS 8.
Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Saturday, 7 March 2020 15:13, Gerry Hickman <[email protected]> wrote: > Testing build of xboard from source > > Download and extract > http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/xboard-4.9.1.tar.gz > > ./configure > FAIL, checking for makeinfo... > > configure.ac > near the start > AC_CHECK_PROGS makeinfo > > I don't think makeinfo exists on RHEL8 and Centos8, but xboard doesn't seem > to need it anyway, as it uses texi2man perl script > > I tried commenting out in configure.ac, and the build was able to complete. > > -- > > Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.
