[debbugs-tracker] bug#11146: closed (texinfo: could automake start using the '--tidy' option in its dvi and pdf rules?)

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'--tidy' option in its dvi and pdf rules?
has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #11146,
regarding texinfo: could automake start using the '--tidy' option in its dvi 
and pdf rules?
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> texinfo: could automake start using the '--tidy' option in its dvi	and pdf rules?
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> Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:30:34 +0200
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> Severity: wishlist
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> Hello everybody.
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> Reading the texi2dvi manpage, I've stumbled on this interesting bit of
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>   --tidy:  compile in a local *.t2d directory, where the auxiliary files are
>            left.  Output files are copied back to the original file.
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>   Using the `tidy' mode brings several advantages:
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>     -  the current directory is not cluttered with plethora of temporary
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>     -  clutter can be even reduced using --build-dir=dir: all the *.t2d
>        directories are stored there.
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>     -  if the compilation fails, the previous state of the output file is
>        preserved.
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>     -  PDF and DVI compilation are kept in separate subdirectories preventing
>        any possibility of auxiliary file incompatibility.
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> I think it would be nice if automake started to use the '--tidy' option of
> texi2vi in its PDF and DVI generation from .texi files.
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> WDYT?  Most importantly, is the '--tidy' option supported by all recently-ish
> Texinfo releases, or has it been introduced too recently to mandate its use
> in Automake-generated recipes?
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> Regards,
>   Stefano
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> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:01:08 +0200
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> On 04/04/2012 11:45 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
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> >> I'll thus apply to two attached patches to master in a couple of days
> >> if there is no objection.
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> > Pushed now.
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> And the proposal for using '--tidy' in Automake 1.13 has been (basically)
> implemented as part of this commit:
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>   <http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/automake.git/commit/?id=205c7572>
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> Actually, we ended up using per-manual and per-format '--build-dir' options, to
> work around a bug still present in Texinfo 4.13 (but fixed in CVS Texinfo) that
> could cause racy failures in parallel builds; but the effect of such option is
> similar to the one we wanted to obtain using '--tidy'.  The commit message of
> that change should explain in more details.
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> I'm thus closing this bug report.
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> Regards,
>   Stefano
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