Re: [PATCH 1/2] build: Use an up to date copy of texinfo.tex

[John Darrington]

On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 09:54:57PM +0100, Mathieu Lirzin wrote:
     John Darrington <address@hidden> writes:
     
     > On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 08:25:20PM +0100, Mathieu Lirzin wrote:
     >      
     >      John Darrington <address@hidden> writes:
     >      
     >      > * build-aux/texinfo.tex,ref: New file, copied from texlive-minimal
     >      > * bootstrap: Use it, if newer than the texinfo.tex from automake.
     >      > ---
     >      >  bootstrap                 |    11 +-
     >      >  build-aux/texinfo.tex,ref | 11562 
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
     >      >  2 files changed, 11572 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
     >      >  create mode 100644 build-aux/texinfo.tex,ref
     >      >
     >      
     >      Do you know why building Guix manual fails to build with older
     >      "texinfo.tex"?
     >
     >      If this related to some special texinfo syntax used in Guix manual?
     >
     > Yes.  It's the use of @inlinefmtifelse command. (perhaps other commands 
too).
     
     There is only one instance of this command which is in "doc/guix.texi":
     
       If you are instead planning to encrypt the root partition, you can use
       the Cryptsetup/LUKS utilities to do that (see @inlinefmtifelse{html,
       @uref{https://linux.die.net/man/8/cryptsetup, @code{man cryptsetup}},
       @code{man cryptsetup}} for more information.)

(Well there will be two instances if I push my patch 
 https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-02/msg00986.html)

     I have tested that without it, 'make pdf' succeeds.  IMHO the manual
     would be fine without this feature.  As a consequence --to avoid adding
     complexity to the build process-- I would be in favour of not using
     @inlinefmtifelse until Automake distributes a compatible version in its
     current version.

Perhaps the newly appointed Automake maintainer should do this!  Please tell 
him :P

But - yeah - if we don't have to wait to long before the next automake release, 
then
maybe we should wait.  What do others think?
     

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