The GNU standards don't require DVI-format documentation anymore:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-standards/2025-07/msg00011.html

* build-aux/update-online-manual.sh: Remove DVI format.
* doc/.gitignore: Remove ignore entries for DVI files.
---
 build-aux/update-online-manual.sh | 8 +-------
 doc/.gitignore                    | 2 --
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/build-aux/update-online-manual.sh 
b/build-aux/update-online-manual.sh
index 4c8a3f82..9acd607a 100755
--- a/build-aux/update-online-manual.sh
+++ b/build-aux/update-online-manual.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ usage: $0 location-of-${PACKAGE}-build-directory
 EOF
 }
 
-checkfiles="CVS dvi ${TEXIBASE}.html html_node html_mono info ps texi text 
${TEXIBASE}.pdf"
+checkfiles="CVS ${TEXIBASE}.html html_node html_mono info ps texi text 
${TEXIBASE}.pdf"
 
 if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
        usage >&2
@@ -99,9 +99,6 @@ then
     cp ${BUILDDIR}/doc/manual/${TEXIBASE}.texi.tar.gz 
texi/${TEXIBASE}.texi.tar.gz
     cp ${BUILDDIR}/doc/manual/${TEXIBASE}.info.tar.gz 
info/${TEXIBASE}-info.tar.gz
 
-    echo Collecting the DVI file...
-    cp  $BUILDDIR/doc/manual/${TEXIBASE}.dvi.gz dvi/${TEXIBASE}.dvi.gz
-
     echo Collecting the PDF file...
     cp  $BUILDDIR/doc/manual/${TEXIBASE}.pdf .
 
@@ -178,9 +175,6 @@ This manual is available in the following formats:
   <LI>
       $(linkfor "text/${TEXIBASE}.txt.gz" "gzipped characters" "ASCII text")
   </LI>
-  <LI>
-      $(linkfor "dvi/${TEXIBASE}.dvi.gz" "gzipped" "a TeX dvi file")
-  </LI>
   <LI>
       $(linkfor "${TEXIBASE}.pdf" "PDF file" PDF)
   </LI>
diff --git a/doc/.gitignore b/doc/.gitignore
index a5451b14..13f1367a 100644
--- a/doc/.gitignore
+++ b/doc/.gitignore
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 /find.aux
 /find.cp
 /find.cps
-/find.dvi
 /find.fn
 /find.fns
 /find.html/
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@
 /find.toc
 /find.tp
 /find.vr
-/find-maint.dvi
 /find-maint.html/
 /find-maint.pdf
 /find-maint.ps
-- 
2.51.1


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