Using a macro makes pdfetex quits and exits with bad status

[Christopher Dimech]

Of course, but I also give you a point of thought from user perspective.

That way, the texinfo installation could also handle the additional

make TEXMF=/your/texmf install-tex
texinfo.tex is installed in ${TEXMF}/tex/texinfo/texinfo.tex, etc.

I disagree on the additional tex/texinfo/ part of the installation

Instead install in ${TEXMF}/texinfo.tex, etc.

I have just installed in /home/hagbard/Admir/bin/texinfo/bin

and using make TEXMF=/home/hagbard/Admir/bin/texinfo/bin install-tex

will install /home/hagbard/Admir/bin/texinfo/bin/tex/texinfo/texinfo.tex

The result is a convoluted installation.

Christopher
Old Fart and Curmudgeon



> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 5:11 AM
> From: "Gavin Smith" <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
> To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: "Patrice Dumas" <pertusus@free.fr>, "help-texinfo gnu" 
> <help-texinfo@gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: Using a macro makes pdfetex quits and exits with bad status
>
> On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 06:38:55PM +0200, Christopher Dimech wrote:
> >
> > That is surprising.
> >
> > Could you introspect a working installation that works like this
> >
> > --------
> >
> > hagbard@fuckup: ~/Admir/build/texinfo
> > ../../source/texinfo/configure --prefix=/home/hagbard/Admir/bin/texinfo
> >
> > make
> >
> > sudo make install
> >
> > ~/Admir/bin/texinfo/bin/texi2pdf 06a-amcoh.texi
>
> You should listen to what Patrice told you.  It is not enough just
> to run "make install".  You need to copy texinfo.tex somewhere TeX will
> find it.
>