[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #39778] doc-cache is empty when building with texinfo 5.x

[Mike Miller]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?39778>

                 Summary: doc-cache is empty when building with texinfo 5.x
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: mtmiller
            Submitted on: Tue 13 Aug 2013 01:46:03 AM EDT
                Category: Configuration and Build System
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Build Failure
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

    _______________________________________________________

Details:

I've run across yet another texinfo 5.x incompatibility. Building with
makeinfo 5.1, the doc-cache file has no elements in it, just a header
indicating that the cache variable is a 3x0 array.

The doc-cache file is used by the lookfor function, so with an empty cache
lookfor searches always return empty.

>From what I've been able to figure out, the mk_doc_cache.m script expects the
unit separator character (ASCII 31) to be passed through untouched to the
output of makeinfo. This appears to no longer be the case with makeinfo 5.1.
This new version also doesn't appear to respect the --fill-column option, the
output seems to wrap at 72 columns.




    _______________________________________________________

Reply to this item at:

  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?39778>

_______________________________________________
  Message sent via/by Savannah
  http://savannah.gnu.org/