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4004	Texinfo clarification needed for Chapter 5 build	Armin	lfs-book@…	"When building texinfo in Chapter 5, the configure script outputs the following:

{{{
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/armin/src/texinfo-6.3/tp/Texinfo/Convert/XSParagraph'
/usr/bin/xsubpp -typemap /tools/lib/perl5/5.24.0/ExtUtils/typemap TestXS.xs > TestXS.xsc && mv TestXS.xsc TestXS.c
/bin/sh ./libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile cc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -I. -I./lib -I./lib  -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector-strong -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DVERSION=\""6.3\"" -DXS_VERSION=\""6.3\"" ""-I/tools/lib/perl5/5.24.0/x86_64-linux/CORE""  -MT TestXS_la-TestXS.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/TestXS_la-TestXS.Tpo -c -o TestXS_la-TestXS.lo `test -f 'TestXS.c' || echo './'`TestXS.c
libtool: compile:  cc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./lib -I./lib -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector-strong -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DVERSION=\""6.3\"" -DXS_VERSION=\""6.3\"" -I/tools/lib/perl5/5.24.0/x86_64-linux/CORE -MT TestXS_la-TestXS.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/TestXS_la-TestXS.Tpo -c TestXS.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/TestXS_la-TestXS.o
TestXS.xs:4:20: fatal error: EXTERN.h: No such file or directory
 #include ""EXTERN.h""
                    ^
compilation terminated.
make: *** [Makefile:957: TestXS_la-TestXS.lo] Error 1
checking whether we can build Perl extension (XS) modules... no
}}}

I've had an user misinterpret this and think of it as an error (probably due to Makefile part), trying to rebuild chapter 5 and perl countless times, just so I could verify that same happens here and that it isn't an issue.

I think it would be nice to either explicitly disable this test using --disable-perl-xs or note that it isn't an issue."	task	closed	normal	8.0	Book	SVN	normal	fixed