bug#54063: automake cannot run without generated Texinfo manual

2023-07-14 Thread Gavin Smith
On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 04:34:39PM -0600, Karl Berry wrote: > Bogdan, Pat, Gavin, all - back on this bug: > > https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=54063 > Subject: bug#54063: - special case] Try .texi.in when .texi missing > > As previously discussed in this bug, I added a warn

bug#29188: [PATCH] texi2dvi usage doesn't work with

2023-03-19 Thread Gavin Smith
On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 05:57:19PM +0100, Bogdan wrote: > Anyway, I just provide code the way I'd do it. It's up to "someone higher > up", like you, to make the decision if the patch is to be merged, modified > first, or to be simply left out for some reason. There surely are things I > don't know

bug#29188: [PATCH] texi2dvi usage doesn't work with

2023-03-19 Thread Gavin Smith
On Sat, Mar 18, 2023 at 10:10:05PM +0100, Bogdan wrote: > The problem was with "--build-dir=": the old texi2dvi (which is a shell > script) splits "--build-dir=xxx" into "--build-dir" and "xxx", interprets > the "--build-dir" switch as "--batch" (checks just the first letter, great) > and the "xxx

bug#34201: [PATCH] automake: do not require @setfilename in Texinfo files

2019-09-14 Thread Gavin Smith
On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 6:28 PM Jim Meyering wrote: > > Gavin Smith proposed a patch for this back in http://bugs.gnu.org/34201 > Another reference to the problem: http://bugs.gnu.org/36921 > > In the attached (in Gavin's name), I've added a NEWS entry and > adjusted th

bug#36921: texinfo: @setfilename is not mandatory

2019-08-16 Thread Gavin Smith
On Sun, Aug 04, 2019 at 01:22:34PM +, Дилян Палаузов wrote: > Hello, > > I have a .texi file and in Makefile.am: > > info_TEXINFOS = doc/z.texi > > Running autoreconf -visf emits: > > configure.ac:13: installing './compile' > configure.ac:7: installing './missing' > Makefile.am: installing

bug#34201: Make @setfilename optional in Texinfo files

2019-03-31 Thread Gavin Smith
would be needed would be for someone to have a look at this patch and apply it for the next Automake release. On 1/25/19, Gavin Smith wrote: > @setfilename should not be required to occur inside Texinfo files, as it > makes it harder to get them working. > > Earlier on this: > https:

bug#34201: Make @setfilename optional in Texinfo files

2019-01-25 Thread Gavin Smith
@setfilename should not be required to occur inside Texinfo files, as it makes it harder to get them working. Earlier on this: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2015-09/msg0.html Here is a patch. I added a test which is passing now, but it wasn't passing when I first added the te

bug#23521: XFAIL

2016-05-20 Thread Gavin Smith
On 19 May 2016 at 00:04, Mathieu Lirzin wrote: >> It is often easier to write expected-to-fail tests this way (so that >> they can all look the same), rather than have to have, for example, an >> extra driver that converts expected errors into success codes for the >> automake test harness. > > Wh

bug#21106: AC_SUBST([FOO_LIB], ['libfoo.la']) breaks dependency checker

2015-07-21 Thread Gavin Smith
On 21 July 2015 at 21:17, Stanislav Brabec wrote: > I just wanted to make an option to link the program either against > in-package instance or external instance. > > To make things as easy as possible, I wanted to define FOO_LIB in > configure.ac either as 'libfoo.la' or '-lfoo' using e. g.: > >