zsh compilation problem in OSX

Question

I try install zsh

git clone git://zsh.git.sf.net/gitroot/zsh/zsh 
cd zsh                                                                                                                            
Util/preconfig  
./configure --prefix=dir
make 

but, I get this

gcc -Wl,-x  -bundle -flat_namespace -undefined suppress -o zleparameter.so   zleparameter..o    -liconv -ldl -ltermcap -lm  -lc
: yodl  -o zsh.texi -I. -w ztexi.yo version.yo zsh.yo; \
        test -f zsh.texi
make[1]: *** [zsh.texi] Error 1

Answer 1

Zsh source tarballs are distributed with pre-generated documentation, including the zsh.texi file. You checked out zsh from git, so you only get the basic source files. The documentation is generated with Yodl , and the makefile is set up to build the documentation by default. Install Yodl (on OSX you might need to build it from source). If you're in a hurry and don't want to build the documentation, tweak the toplevel makefile to skip building the documentation: remove Doc from SUBDIRS and from the for loop in the all target.

Answer 2

With fully agreement and respect to Gilles I like to add the complete list of commands that I run to successfully install zsh .

// sudo install build-essential
// sudo install yodl
git clone git://zsh.git.sf.net/gitroot/zsh/zsh
cd zsh
./Util/preconfig
./configure --prefix=/usr/local
make
sudo make install

If you run into the error described by JuanPablo run make clean before running make again.