Re: error in config.sub
These files are maintained by [EMAIL PROTECTED], I've added a CC: to that. /assar Tomas Berndtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > For the MiNT system, the lines in config.sub are wrong. It's missing > the '*'-wildcard. I've applied a patch below. > > > Greetings, > > Tomas > > > > --- /usr/share/automake/config.sub~ Sat Sep 2 16:05:51 2000 > +++ /usr/share/automake/config.sub Tue Dec 19 17:44:48 2000 > @@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ > -xenix) > os=-xenix > ;; > --*mint | -*MiNT) > +-*mint* | -*MiNT*) > os=-mint > ;; > -none)
Re: [pdftex] Re: BOUNCE pdftex@tug.org: Non-member submission from ["Derek R.Price" ]
Derek R. Price writes:
> Basically, the issue is that the GNU coding standards state that the
> texinfo.tex you built your docs with should be included with a source
> distribution so that an end user is sure to be able to build your docs too.
you could try telling the automake people to get real.. oh dear they
are cc-ed. :-}
> barbarically renaming the files before calling texi2dvi.
> Aesthetically, I think coding the filename switch inside the *texi
> source file would be most pleasing
sure, you can test the existence of the macro \pdfoutput in the
source, and \input a different file depending on whether or not
\pdfoutput exists
> switch, and being able to specify a complete path to a *texinfo.tex
> on the command line would be second best since it would avoid the
> forced creation of extra directories.
you could do that too
tex '\def\FOO{whatever/path}\input thisfile'
where thisfile.tex uses \FOO
> Of course, a local structure mirroring the texmf tree structure
> which allowed KPATHSEA to do most of the work without changes might
> be the most elegant.
yes, that would be possible too, redefining TEXMFLOCAL for the
duration
> Is any of this possible?
all of it. even better, forget the gnu coding standards while they
persist with something as horrible as texinfo..:-}
was that enough smilies to make sure Richard Stallman still sends me a
christmas card?
sebastian
Re: BOUNCE pdftex@tug.org: Non-member submission from ["Derek R. Price" ]
"Derek R. Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sebastian Rahtz wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Assuming I have a texinfo.tex & a pdftexinfo.tex, both in '.', is there > > > some command that will allow 'texi2dvi foo.texi' and 'texi2dvi --pdf > > > foo.texi' to each find the appropriate texinfo.tex? > > > > surely the simpler answer is to put pdftexinfo.tex into the > > texmf/pdftex tree, and call it texinfo.tex? > > Actually, yeah, and that was my solution, but I was trying to help out the > Automake folks who got me into this mess in the first place. :) > > Basically, the issue is that the GNU coding standards state that the > texinfo.tex you built your docs with should be included with a source > distribution so that an end user is sure to be able to build your docs too. > So Automake attempts to force this issue and copy its texinfo.tex into any > directory where docs are built unless it is overridden. Unfortunately, if > you are attempting to build both PDFs and other types of output in the same > directory from the same source files, this would disable either the building > of PDFs or it would disable everything else. Actually, new versions of texinfo.tex from ftp.gnu.org seem to not need a special pdftexinfo.tex. - Hari -- Raja R Harinath -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "When all else fails, read the instructions." -- Cahn's Axiom "Our policy is, when in doubt, do the right thing." -- Roy L Ash
Re: BOUNCE pdftex@tug.org: Non-member submission from ["Derek R. Price" ]
Sebastian Rahtz wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > Assuming I have a texinfo.tex & a pdftexinfo.tex, both in '.', is there > > some command that will allow 'texi2dvi foo.texi' and 'texi2dvi --pdf > > foo.texi' to each find the appropriate texinfo.tex? > > > > surely the simpler answer is to put pdftexinfo.tex into the > texmf/pdftex tree, and call it texinfo.tex? Actually, yeah, and that was my solution, but I was trying to help out the Automake folks who got me into this mess in the first place. :) Basically, the issue is that the GNU coding standards state that the texinfo.tex you built your docs with should be included with a source distribution so that an end user is sure to be able to build your docs too. So Automake attempts to force this issue and copy its texinfo.tex into any directory where docs are built unless it is overridden. Unfortunately, if you are attempting to build both PDFs and other types of output in the same directory from the same source files, this would disable either the building of PDFs or it would disable everything else. Anyway, I was hoping for a solution compatible with the current GNU coding standard short of putting pdftexinfo.tex & texinfo.tex in different directories and overriding the TEXINPUTS path dependent on the target or barbarically renaming the files before calling texi2dvi. Aesthetically, I think coding the filename switch inside the *texi source file would be most pleasing, as the Makefile structure never has to distinguish between targets except to supply the --pdf switch, and being able to specify a complete path to a *texinfo.tex on the command line would be second best since it would avoid the forced creation of extra directories. Of course, a local structure mirroring the texmf tree structure which allowed KPATHSEA to do most of the work without changes might be the most elegant. Is any of this possible? Derek -- Derek Price CVS Solutions Architect ( http://CVSHome.org ) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenAvenue ( http://OpenAvenue.com ) -- Conscious is what you are aware of and conscience is what you wish you weren't.
./configure & .deps directory
Is there a good reason the configure script creates $(top_builddir)/.deps during the test that sets $DEPDIR and doesn't delete it again? Besides some developer or other needing sleep? ;) My distribution certainly doesn't seem to need that directory sitting around... Derek -- Derek Price CVS Solutions Architect ( http://CVSHome.org ) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenAvenue ( http://OpenAvenue.com ) -- I will not spank others. I will not spank others. I will not spank others... - Bart Simpson on chalkboard, _The Simpsons_
error in config.sub
For the MiNT system, the lines in config.sub are wrong. It's missing the '*'-wildcard. I've applied a patch below. Greetings, Tomas --- /usr/share/automake/config.sub~ Sat Sep 2 16:05:51 2000 +++ /usr/share/automake/config.sub Tue Dec 19 17:44:48 2000 @@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ -xenix) os=-xenix ;; --*mint | -*MiNT) +-*mint* | -*MiNT*) os=-mint ;; -none)
