texinfo @5.2_2 has unlisted dependency on TeX

[karsten@…]

Since some time late last week, octave fails to build. It looks like it depends on TeX to be installed, but the dependency is not listed in the port:

:info:destroot  /opt/local/bin/texi2dvi --build-dir=t2d_cache  --build-dir=octav
e.t2d -o octave.dvi  \
:info:destroot  octave.texi
:info:destroot You don't have a working TeX binary (tex) installed anywhere in
:info:destroot your PATH, and texi2dvi cannot proceed without one.  If you want 
to use
:info:destroot this script, you'll need to install TeX (if you don't have it) or
 change
:info:destroot your PATH or TEX environment variable (if you do).  See the --hel
p
:info:destroot output for more details.
:info:destroot 
:info:destroot For information about obtaining TeX, please see http://tug.org/te
xlive,
:info:destroot or do a web search for TeX and your operating system or distro.

Attaching full build log.

[karsten@…]

/opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_octave/octave/main.log

[larryv (Lawrence Velázquez)]

The texi2dvi script is provided by texinfo, so it’s that port that should have some sort of dependency on TeX. That’s kind of a big dependency to add.

I’ll look into this at some point, but I’m not sure about the best way to handle it.