Full_Name: Gordon Lack
Version: 2.4.0
OS: Redhat Linux AS2.1
Submission from: (NULL) (198.28.92.5)
Not sure whether this is a configure issue or an R one.
It's only a minor issue, so this is really just FYI.
The code in configure checks for the version of makeinfo by splitting the
version string into a major and minor component. The tests on these assume they
are numeric.
RHAS2.1 shipped with a makeinfo version of "4.0b"
The result is this:
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checking whether makeinfo version is at least 4.7...
./configure: test: 0b: integer expression expected
yes
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ie: an error reported, but the test passed (4.0b > 4.7!!!).
And there is no command line option to tell configure not to run the
makeinfo commands (you can set r_cv_prog_makeinfo_v4=0 in your
environment, but that isn't "right").