Re: Portability to Mac OS X

[G. Branden Robinson]

Hi, Werner!

At 2021-10-27T07:36:13+0000, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > 6. Some time ago I bumped our minimum required Texinfo version to
> >    5.0 (for a few reasons[5]), and this is too new for stock Mac OS
> >    X (makeinfo 4.8).  However, it should be possible to make
> >    generated *.info files part of the distribution archive and
> >    thereby reduce the dependency load for people who _don't_ care
> >    about running "make doc" (which demands an entire working TeX
> >    installation).
> 
> +1

This is done[1].  With some luck it'll make life easier for the BSDs as
well.[2]

Regards,
Branden

[1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff-commit/2021-11/msg00074.html
    ...and a few subsequent commits.
[2] 
https://openbsdmailbox.blogspot.com/2020/11/re-upcoming-textprocgroff-1230_16.html?m=1

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