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I would like to install pinfo on my Mac for reading info files, instead of using the bad looking elder brother info.

pinfo is not yet provided by Homebrew. Perhaps it will soon, when I will get this question answered. (Here the relative issue, on GitHub.)

The project web site can be found here.
The source code here.

When I try to compile it, running ./autogen.sh I get the following error messages:

atcold@AlfMAC ~/Work/Sandbox/pinfo-0.6.10 $ ./autogen.sh 
Cleaning autotools files...
find: illegal option -- t
usage: find [-H | -L | -P] [-EXdsx] [-f path] path ... [expression]
       find [-H | -L | -P] [-EXdsx] -f path [path ...] [expression]
find: illegal option -- t
usage: find [-H | -L | -P] [-EXdsx] [-f path] path ... [expression]
       find [-H | -L | -P] [-EXdsx] -f path [path ...] [expression]
Running autoreconf...
Can't exec "autopoint": No such file or directory at /usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/share/autoconf/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm line 345.
autoreconf: failed to run autopoint: No such file or directory
autoreconf: autopoint is needed because this package uses Gettext
Something is bad with find's parameters (no big deal, I guess),
autopoint is missing, and brew doesn't know anything about it.
  1. Something is bad with find's parameters (no big deal, I guess),
  2. autopoint is missing, and brew doesn't know anything about it.

I also know that it was possible to get pinfo with MacPort, so there is a place where to take inspiration, if needed (not sure how to get there yet).
When I try to look at trac.macports.org I get a 403 Forbidden answer :(
Here is the link of almost the Macport's package for pinfo, but I cannot go further.

Still editing!

I'm updating the issue on GitHub, here. I will update this question later, as well.

Atcold
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I guess people may be aware but pinfo is now available from brew:

brew install pinfo

If you're curious about obtaining autopoint on MacOS/X - it's available from the gettext brew formula - the catch is that it is keg-only which means it's not sym-linked to /usr/local by default as it can conflict with MacOS's internal version, however MacOS doesn't provide autopoint so one obtain it as follows - install gettext:

brew install gettext

then sym-link autopoint to /usr/local/bin:

ln -s `brew ls gettext | grep bin/autopoint` /usr/local/bin
Pierz
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