bug#11146: texinfo: could automake start using the '--tidy' option in its dvi and pdf rules?

[Stefano Lattarini]

On 04/01/2012 02:30 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>
> Most importantly, is the '--tidy' option supported by all recently-ish
> Texinfo releases, or has it been introduced too recently to mandate its
> use in Automake-generated recipes?
>
I'll answer myself on this, by quoting the Texinfo NEWS file:

  4.9 (29 June 2007)
  * GPLv3.
  * texi2dvi:
    . new mode --build=tidy which supports compilation in a separate
      directory, where intermediate files are preserved.

So the option is almost five years old, and thus old enough to be
required in Automake 1.12.

I'll post a patch in the next days.

Thanks,
  Stefano