Re: [docbook] Where can I find this package?

On 10/17/2012 11:59 AM, Yves S. Garret wrote:
> Hello,
>
>    I'm trying to build git from source and one of the hang-ups that
> I'm experiencing is this.  I've run the following commands (which I
> found in INSTALL) and the error that I got is shown below the
> commands:
>
> Commands:
> $ make prefix=/usr all doc info ;
> $ make prefix=/usr install install-doc install-html install-info ;

[...]

> /bin/sh: line 1: docbook2x-texi: command not found
> make[1]: *** [user-manual.texi] Error 127
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ashvets/git-learning/git/Documentation'
> make: *** [info] Error 2
>
> Now I'm just confused...
>

I believe you are looking for http://docbook2x.sourceforge.net/.
I'm not sure how to get a cygwin version for that, though. Or in fact
why anyone would still want to use texinfo when he has DocBook. But I
figure that's off-topic. :-)

Good luck,
        Stefan

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