Hi Vincent, I cannot add much to your email, all correct.
> > I assume texinfo's version of texinfo.tex is too old as well for the > > mpfr4 build, > > Probably, but maybe for a different reason. The current version > from the texinfo package does not support @var in exponent or > subscript as it yields a "\scriptfont 5 is undefined" error: Indeed. That is fixed (partially) in the current SVN version, and an updated texinfo files can be downloaded from the fnu server. If you think it is worth it, I can patch the texinfo package to update texinfo.tex -\def\texinfoversion{2017-08-23.19} +\def\texinfoversion{2018-01-09.11} > (possibly patched, which would be the case now, but otherwise it seems > that in general, this file is up-to-date as upstream texinfo has quite See above, I can patch it. > the symlink target, or it should be a separate package with the > /usr/share/texmf/tex/texinfo files, similar to autotools-dev. I don't see the need for a separate package, though. Best Norbert -- PREINING Norbert http://www.preining.info Accelia Inc. + JAIST + TeX Live + Debian Developer GPG: 0x860CDC13 fp: F7D8 A928 26E3 16A1 9FA0 ACF0 6CAC A448 860C DC13