Re: [help-texinfo] makeinfo: defining variables with -D

[David Oostdyk]

Hi Gavin,

Upgrading to texinfo-6.0 seems to fix the problem.  From my earlier
tests I am pretty sure that the -Dvariable=value syntax did not solve
the problem with 5.2.

Thanks for verifying the issue I was seeing!

Dave Oostdyk


On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 7:22 AM, Gavin Smith <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 30 July 2015 at 15:19, David Oostdyk <address@hidden> wrote:
>> I made an example project, but it occurs to me that I'm not sure what
>> the rules regarding file attachment to the mailing list are, so I will
>> email it separately if you are willing to give it a try.
>
> Karl sent me the example project, but it works fine with texinfo 6.0.
> I tried it with texinfo 5.2, and replicated the error:
>
> ./docs/example.texi:31: warning: undefined flag: abs_top_srcdir
> ./docs/example.texi:31: @verbatiminclude: could not find /example/test1.c
> make[1]: *** [docs/example.info] Error 1
>
> Looking at the ChangeLog, I saw this change:
>
> 2014-03-14  Karl Berry  <address@hidden>
>
>         * tp/texi2any.pl (D=s): handle -D 'var value', as C makeinfo did.
>         Based on bug-texinfo mail from Guo Yixuan, 4 Mar 2014 17:29:34 -0500
>         (tiny change).
>         (makeinfo_help): document it.
>         * doc/texinfo.texi (Invoking @t{texi2any}): document it.
>
> That's likely the change that made it work. Either upgrade to texinfo
> 6.0 or -D var=value might work.