[tex-live] Build fails for FreeBSD 4.10

[Manfred Lotz]

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 09:21:43 -0400
karl at freefriends.org (Karl Berry) wrote:

Hi Karl,


> Hi Manfred,
> 
>     sed 's/__VERSION__/4.7/g' >texinfo.cat
>     sed hangs.
> 
> BSD make apparently doesn't expand $< in regular rules, annoyingly.
> 

BSD make is different to GNU make which is the binary gmake on BSD if
installed as port: gmake-3.80_2



> I changed utils/texinfo/util/Makefile.am to avoid this.
> 
> I also changed Makefile.in, so if the timestamp gods are feeling
> friendly, automake/autoconf won't have to be rerun, just configure. 
> You can also just change the line:
> 
> 	sed 's/__VERSION__/@VERSION@/g' $< >$@
> to
> 	sed 's/__VERSION__/@VERSION@/g' $(srcdir)/texinfo-cat.in >$@
>         
> if you want.
> 
> Hope it flies ...
> k


I'll give it a try.


-- 
Manfred