Re: [gentoo-user] ...again compile problems due to texinfo...

[Mike Gilbert]

On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 10:06 PM,  <tuxic@××××××.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> previously the compilation of glibc failed, because docs
> cpuld not be build.
> This was caused in the context of texinfo.
> "Solved" was this by not building the docs via
> deinstallation of texinfo temporarily.
>
> No screen jumps over the edge and again texinfo seems
> to cause this:
>
>>>> Source configured.
>>>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/app-misc/screen-4.6.0/work/screen-4.6.0 ...
> make -j6 comm.h term.h
> AWK=gawk CC="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -march=native -O2 -pipe -D_GNU_SOURCE" srcdir=. sh ./comm.sh
> AWK=gawk srcdir=. sh ./term.sh
> make -j6 osdef.h
> CPP="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -E -DMAXWIN=100 -DNONETHACK -DETCSCREENRC='"/etc/screenrc"' -DSCREENENCODINGS='"/usr/share/screen/utf8encodings"'" srcdir=. sh ./osdef.sh
> make -j6 -C doc screen.info
> make: Entering directory '/var/tmp/portage/app-misc/screen-4.6.0/work/screen-4.6.0/doc'
> makeinfo ./screen.texinfo -o screen.info
> ./screen.texinfo:3154: `@end' expected `deffn', but saw `example'
> ./screen.texinfo:3154: unmatched `@end example'
> ./screen.texinfo:3156: unmatched `@end deffn'
> make: *** [Makefile:31: screen.info] Error 1
> make: Leaving directory '/var/tmp/portage/app-misc/screen-4.6.0/work/screen-4.6.0/doc'
>  * ERROR: app-misc/screen-4.6.0::gentoo failed (compile phase):
>  *   emake failed
>  *
>  * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=app-misc/screen-4.6.0::gentoo'`,
>  * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=app-misc/screen-4.6.0::gentoo'`.
>  * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/app-misc/screen-4.6.0/temp/build.log'.
>  * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/app-misc/screen-4.6.0/temp/environment'.
>  * Working directory: '/var/tmp/portage/app-misc/screen-4.6.0/work/screen-4.6.0'
>  * S: '/var/tmp/portage/app-misc/screen-4.6.0/work/screen-4.6.0'
>  *
>  * The following package has failed to build, install, or execute postinst:
>  *
>  *  (app-misc/screen-4.6.0:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge), Log file:
>  *   '/var/tmp/portage/app-misc/screen-4.6.0/temp/build.log'
>  *
>
>  * GNU info directory index is up-to-date.
>  * After world updates, it is important to remove obsolete packages with
>  * emerge --depclean. Refer to `man emerge` for more information.
>
>
> How can I fix this ... by fixing it and not by uninstalling texinfo ?
> ;)

Yeah, texinfo is very broken on your system. Some things to check for:

Any oddly set USE flags on sys-apps/texinfo (maybe USE="-nls")?
Custom patches in /etc/portage/patches?
Run perl-cleaner --all