Re: Trouble with 'make prefix=/usr info'

On 2010 Jan 6, at 06:32, Craig Moore wrote:

I've isolated the problem, and its coming from this command:

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$ docbook2x-texi user-manual.xml --encoding=UTF-8 --to-stdout

quoted

user-manual.texi++

Usage: jw [<options>] <sgml_file>
where <options> are:
  -f|--frontend <frontend>:      Specify the frontend (source format)
                                 (default is docbook)
  -b|--backend <backend>:        Specify the backend (destination  
format)
                                 (default is html)
  -c|--cat <file>:               Specify an extra SGML open catalog
  -n|--nostd:                    Do not use the standard SGML open  
catalogs
  -d|--dsl <file>|default|none:  Specify an alternate style sheet
                                 (default is to use the default  
stylesheet)
  -l|--dcl <file>:               Specify an alternate SGML declaration
                                 (usual ones like xml.dcl get detected
automatically)
  -s|--sgmlbase <path>:          Change base directory for SGML  
distribution
                                 (usually /usr/share/sgml)
  -p|--parser <program>:         Specify the parser if several are  
installed
                                  (jade or openjade)
  -o|--output <directory>:       Set output directory
  -u|--nochunks:                 Output only one big file
                                 (overrides the stylesheet settings)
  -i|--include <section>:        Specify a SGML marked section to  
include
                                 (should be marked as "ignore" in  
the SGML text)
  -w|--warning <warning_type>|list: Control warnings or display the
allowed warning types
  -e|--errors <error_type>|list: Control errors or display the allowed
error types
  -h|--help:                     Print this help message and exit
  -V <variable[=value]>:         Set a variable
  -v|--version:                  Print the version and exit

$ docbook2x-texi --version
DocBook-utils version 0.6.14 (jw version 1.1)
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As you can see, I'm using DocBook-utils version 0.6.14 (jw version
1.1), and it doesn't list '--encoding=UTF-8 --to-stdout' in its
options list. I'm guessing I've got the wrong version or type
installed? Is there another which I should be using?

Thanks for your help,
Craig

I have previously used docbook2texi from docbook2X 0.8.8 by setting  
DOCBOOK2X_TEXI for 'make info'.

     <http://docbook2x.sourceforge.net/>

It needed a non-released patch to understand the combination of "--to- 
stdout" and "--encoding=", though:

     <http://docbook2x.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/docbook2x/docbook2X/ 
perl/db2x_texixml.pl?r1=1.49&r2=1.50>

Alternatively, it is possible to work-around the failure of --stdout  
with a wrapper script, but the patch is easy enough to apply.

-- 
Chris