From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg Minshall Subject: make install-info error messages Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 05:17:01 -0400 Message-ID: <38304.1343380621@gregair> Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:57413) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sugf9-0007Hf-UY for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Jul 2012 05:16:53 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sugf4-0005ev-2L for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Jul 2012 05:16:47 -0400 Received: from relay01.pair.com ([209.68.5.15]:4581) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sugf3-0005eZ-TE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Jul 2012 05:16:41 -0400 Received: from gregair (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gregair.cliq.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 981E6FE37BB5 for ; Fri, 27 Jul 2012 05:17:01 -0400 (EDT) List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org hi. i'm trying to install 7.8.11 on my Mac OS X system (running Emacs 24.1.1. i've changed Makefile (see below) in terms of emacs (to point to 24.1.1) and prefix (to install in ~/usr). install-info give the following set of error messages (and, the web page says "please submit a bug"): ---- bash greg-minshalls-mbp: {1046} make install-info (cd doc && makeinfo --no-split org.texi -o org) if [ ! -d /Users/minshall/usr/share/info ]; then \ mkdir -p /Users/minshall/usr/share/info; else true; fi ; cp -pr doc/org /Users/minshall/usr/share/info install-info --infodir=/Users/minshall/usr/share/info doc/org * Org Mode: (org). Outline-based notes management and organizer install-info(doc/org): replacing existing dir entry for `org' cp: /var/backups/infodir.bak: Permission denied install-info(doc/org): couldn't backup /Users/minshall/usr/share/info/dir in /var/backups/infodir.bak: Inappropriate ioctl for device ---- (obviously (?), i was *not* doing this as root...) cheers, Greg Minshall ---- bash greg-minshalls-mbp: {1047} rcsdiff Makefile =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/Makefile,v retrieving revision 1.1 diff -r1.1 Makefile 14c14 < EMACS=emacs --- > EMACS=/usr/local/bin/emacs 17c17 < prefix=/usr/local --- > prefix=/Users/minshall/usr ----