/usr/bin/texi2html hangs octave-forge/doc build on Mac OS X

[Søren Hauberg]

lør, 06 12 2008 kl. 14:34 -0700, skrev Julius Smith:
> Hi All,
> 
> In trying to 'make all' in the latest octave-forge repo working copy
> on Mac OS X (Macbook Pro), I got a hang at
> 
> Making html comms.html
> [indefinite hang]
> 
> Drilling down I found that /usr/bin/texi2html was hanging.  I happened
> to have another one in /opt/local/bin (presumably installed via 'port
> install texi2html' or 'port install tetex' or the like), and that
> fixed it.  I made the following change in Makeconf:
> 
> #TEXI2HTML = /usr/bin/texi2html -split_chapter -number
> TEXI2HTML = /opt/local/bin/texi2html -split_chapter -number
> 
> and now the build is proceeding.

So, what is the difference between your two versions of texinfo? Where
did you get them from?

Søren