Cannot compile: recipe for target 'vm.info' failed

I suppose this is on Linux? What version is your makeinfo?

You suppose correctly!.

makeinfo (GNU texinfo) 5.2

Yes, the new makeinfo seems less tolerant of the problems. Please try using
makeinfo --force to generate the info files and then use the standard make
to complete the build.

Fix committed in rev. 1503.

Please also update the source code tarball!

shackra writes:

> Please also update the source code tarball!

done already.

This failed for me this morning when I grabbed the source tarball.

I got what looked like the same error:
 $ makeinfo vm.texinfo -o vm.info
vm.texinfo:917: warning: @end should only appear at a line beginning
vm.texinfo:2817: warning: superfluous arguments for node
vm.texinfo:1210: @ref reference to nonexistent node `maildrop
  specification'
vm.texinfo:2871: raising the section level of @unnumberedsubsubsec which is too low
vm.texinfo:3428: raising the section level of @unnumberedsubsec which is too low
vm.texinfo:5177: raising the section level of @unnumberedsubsec which is too low
vm.texinfo:6024: raising the section level of @unnumberedsubsubsec which is too low
vm.texinfo:6072: raising the section level of @unnumberedsubsubsec which is too low
vm.texinfo:6182: raising the section level of @unnumberedsubsec which is too low
vm.texinfo:6548: raising the section level of @unnumberedsubsubsec which is too low

... on Mac OS with texinfo 6.0 (from Mac Ports). So is the source code tarball fixed?

--force made this work, though.

Robert P. Goldman writes:

> This failed for me this morning when I grabbed the source tarball.
>
> I got what looked like the same error:
> $ makeinfo vm.texinfo -o vm.info

Hi Robert, I just ran makeinfo (version 5.2) and it seemed to run fine.
------
CCA-132309[info]: make
echo @set VERSION 8.2.0b > version.texinfo
makeinfo vm.texinfo -o vm.info
vm.texinfo:1641: warning: @xref cross-reference name should not contain `:'
makeinfo vm-pcrisis.texinfo -o vm-pcrisis.info
------

What version is your makeinfo?

Cheers,
Uday

With makeinfo 5.1, VM 8.2.0b:

makeinfo vm.texinfo -o vm.info
vm.texinfo:917: warning: @end should only appear at a line beginning
vm.texinfo:2817: warning: superfluous arguments for node
vm.texinfo:1210: @ref reference to nonexistent node `maildrop
  specification'
vm.texinfo:2871: raising the section level of @unnumberedsubsubsec which is too\
 low
vm.texinfo:3428: raising the section level of @unnumberedsubsec which is too lo\
w
vm.texinfo:5177: raising the section level of @unnumberedsubsec which is too lo\
w
vm.texinfo:6024: raising the section level of @unnumberedsubsubsec which is too\
 low
vm.texinfo:6072: raising the section level of @unnumberedsubsubsec which is too\
 low
vm.texinfo:6182: raising the section level of @unnumberedsubsec which is too lo\
w
vm.texinfo:6548: raising the section level of @unnumberedsubsubsec which is too\
 low
make[1]: *** [vm.info] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jik/src/vm-8.2.0b/info'
make: *** [all] Error 1

Jonathan, please run it manually for now, with --force option.