Re: texinfo version required by automake 1.9?

[Richard Dawe]

Hello.

Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:
> > > > "Ralf" == Ralf Corsepius <address@hidden> writes:
>
>
> [...]
>
>  Ralf> Why doesn't automake check for the minimum required version, rsp. a
>  Ralf> functional texinfo implementation? IMO, it should.
>
> The current version requirements I'm aware of are as follows.
>  
>   * The `html' rule (output since Automake 1.8) requires Texinfo 4.0 
>   or higher.
>   
>   * Support for .info files in sub-directories (since Automake
>   1.7) requires Texinfo 4.1 or higher.
>
>   * Additional requirements can come from the .texi contents.
>   For instance the @copying directive appeared in Texinfo 4.2, etc.
>
> Except these cases, I believe older versions should work fine.
>
> The `html' rule is not part of the normal build process; it is
> only run by users who want html documentation.  So we shouldn't
> require a minimum version for everybody.
[snip]

There's a bug in texinfo 4.5, when generating HTML files. Say your 
automake CVS check-out is in a directory called "automake". If you do 
"makeinfo --html automake.texi" it will put all the HTML files in the 
current directory, rather than in a subdirectory. If your check-out is 
called, say, "automake.head" or something else != "automake", then the 
HTML files will be correctly put into a subdirectory.

So I'd recommend texinfo 4.6 or later. I believe Karl Berry fixed it for 
4.6 (it was certainly post-4.5).

Bye, Rich =]

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