[Rd] error in make install-info (PR#969)

[Kurt Hornik]

>>>>> Peter Dalgaard BSA writes:

> p.ribeiro@lancaster.ac.uk writes:
>> Hi 
>> I'm installing R with the standard commands:
>> 
>> ./configure
>> make
>> make check 
>> make dvi        to create DVI versions
>> make pdf        to create PDF versions
>> make info       to create info files
>> 
>> make install
>> make install-dvi
>> make install-info
>> make install-pdf
>> 
>> Everything works fine apart from "make install-info":
>> 
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> [root@fyb012000002 /home/DOWNLOADS/R/Rdev]# make install-info
>> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/DOWNLOADS/R/Rdev/doc/manual'
>> Usage: mkinstalldirs [-h] [--help] [-m mode] dir ...
>> make[1]: *** [/usr/local/lib/Rdevel/info/dir] Error 1
>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/DOWNLOADS/R/Rdev/doc/manual'
>> make: [install-info] Error 2 (ignored)
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> This happens from R-1.2.3 (and previous) as well as for R-devel (1.3.0).
>> Anything to worry about (it seens harmless)?

> It's likely caused by

> /doc/manual/Makefile:  @$(MKINSTALLDIRS) -p $(infodir)

> in which I suspect that one can safely lose the "-p" since
> mkinstalldirs obviously doesn't know what to do with it...

Thanks for spotting this.  The `-p' is wrong.  Removed now.

> BTW we seem to be alternately using $(MKINSTALLDIRS) and
> $(top_srcdir)/tools/mkinstalldirs for this purpose. Anyone have a clue
> on whether this ought to be standardized?

Yes, of course.  We use the latter in the add-on package Makefiles.
These do not include $(top_builddir)/Makeconf where MKINSTALLDIRS is
defined.  I think we can safely stay with the current solution.

Best,
-k
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