bug#52256: conditional info pages don't work

2021-12-03 Thread Mike Frysinger
On 03 Dec 2021 15:54, Karl Berry wrote: > unfortunately, automake doesn't seem to handle this situation correctly. > > Not surprising. > > ctf-spec.texi:2: unknown command `forcedError' > > Maybe you would like to look into it? It's not like I have any special > knowledge here. At

bug#52256: conditional info pages don't work

2021-12-03 Thread Karl Berry
unfortunately, automake doesn't seem to handle this situation correctly. Not surprising. ctf-spec.texi:2: unknown command `forcedError' Maybe you would like to look into it? It's not like I have any special knowledge here. At least the error message could be improved, if it turns out

bug#52256: conditional info pages don't work

2021-12-02 Thread Mike Frysinger
the gdb/binutils/gcc projects don't commit info pages to the git tree. but people build them from git on old distros semi-frequently. so the tree handles things like old versions of makeinfo -- if a version is too old, then info pages aren't built. unfortunately, automake doesn't seem to handle