Re: util/texi2html wrapper still uses obsolete --set-init-variable

[Gavin Smith]

On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 12:35:06PM +0100, Adam Spiers wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I see that the util/texi2html wrapper around texi2any still uses
> --set-init-variable:
> 
>     http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/texinfo.git/tree/util/texi2html
> 
> However it seems that --set-init-variable was changed to
> --set-customization-variable back in 2012:
> 
>     
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/texinfo.git/commit/?id=56836c3d73dabdbd006b166dee7aad5449ed4d75
> 
> so presumably this wrapper was accidentally missed from the change at
> that point.  I would guess that this might also mean that the wrapper
> is not functioning properly.

Thanks for the report.  I think the file can safely be removed.

> There are actually three other mentions of --set-init-variable,
> revealed by a "git grep set-init-variable":
> 
>     doc/texi2oldapi.texi:  configuration variables that may be set
> instead, with @option{--set-init-variable}:
>     doc/texi2oldapi.texi:overridden by @code{--set-init-variable
> NO_CSS=1} on the command line.

This appears to be discussing texi2html.

>     po/rw.po:#~ "      --set-init-variable VAR=VAL  set configuration
> variable VAR to "

This is commented-out so a relic from an earlier version of a message.