pdflatex ...
makeindex test.glo -s test.ist -t test.glg -o test.gls
This is makeindex, version 2.14 [02-Oct-2002] (kpathsea + Thai support).
Scanning style file ./test.ist...........................done (27 attributes redefined, 0 ignored).
Scanning input file test.glo...done (0 entries accepted, 0 rejected).
Nothing written in test.gls.
Transcript written in test.glg.
I really don't understand why there are no entries, i.e. I don't understand why (pdf)latex outputs an empty .glo-file even though there is an entry in the tex-document...
there are several things that could be wrong with your document and/or the compilation process. Please reduce your code to a minimal working example (MWE) allowing us to reproduce the problem and clearle specify the steps that you follow to compile such MWE.
I had to install glossaries.sty and xfor.sty. To build the document I type
pdflatex text.tex
and it outputs an empty output.glo file. I already tried another simple mwe that I found on tne WWW so my guess is that it is rather connected to latex or the installed packages...
to the body of your MWE and compile with (pdf)LaTeX, then call makeindex from the terminal (as you mentioned in your first post or using makeglossaries test if Perl is available in your system) and run (pdf)LaTeX twice again.
Please report success or failure; in the second case, please include in your message any warnings/errors.
Comparing this with the info in your previous post, I see that you are using version 2.14 of MakeIndex; so your system is outdated and this might be causing the problem; I would suggest you to update your LaTeX system. Unfortunately, that's all I can say for the moment, but the author of the glossaries package reads this board, so perhaps she can give you some other hints.
This is xindy format not makeindex which explains why makeindex didn't like it. However, since you also have test.ist, I can only suppose you added in the xindy option after a run without it. If not, then it's something I need to investigate.