Re: Using a macro makes pdfetex quits and exits with bad status

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>
> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2021 20:20:49 +0200
> Cc: help-texinfo gnu <help-texinfo@gnu.org>
> 
> 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.

That would clobber existing installations it TeX Live etc., so it's
not a good idea to do that by default, without the user's say-so.

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

I think your perspective is biased in this aspect.