Re: GCC works.... no

["Wes Bauske" <wsb paralleldata com>]

Michal Jaegermann wrote:
> 
> Wes Bauske wrote:
> >
> > Mark Holloway wrote:
> > >
> > > Ok, so I downlaoded/installed make and everything else that goes with
> > > it...(except I couldn't find makeinfo).
> >
> > A quick search on Altavista says makeinfo is
> > some sort of TeX utility.
> 
> Not really.  This is a utility which writes info files (those
> in your /usr/info/) from 'texinfo' sources.  It is a part of
> 'texinfo' package.  You may run these sources also through TeX
> (and texi2html, and texi2man, and ... ) but this another story.
> 

Are you sure that package is not a derivative of the Knuth
stuff? His SW is for documentation. The very name suggests
it is a derivative. Also, if TeX accepts it, it  must be 
a derivative. Anyway, a trivial search in a search engine 
can locate this sort of info. Sure wish people would learn 
how to use available tools....


Wes