GNU bug report logs - #33594
TEXINFO_TEX file is not in dist

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Package: automake;

Reported by: Ben Elliston <bje <at> air.net.au>

Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 02:05:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Mike Frysinger <vapier <at> gentoo.org>

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From: Ben Elliston <bje <at> air.net.au>
To: bug-automake <at> gnu.org
Subject: TEXINFO_TEX file is not in dist
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 13:03:56 +1100
When setting TEXINFO_TEX to a different location (eg,
doc/texinfo.tex), the file is no longer distributed in the dist
tarball. Shouldn't it be?

Ben




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From: Nick Bowler <nbowler <at> draconx.ca>
To: Ben Elliston <bje <at> air.net.au>
Cc: 33594 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33594: TEXINFO_TEX file is not in dist
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 01:04:02 -0500
Hi Ben,

On 2018-12-02, Ben Elliston <bje <at> air.net.au> wrote:
> When setting TEXINFO_TEX to a different location (eg,
> doc/texinfo.tex), the file is no longer distributed in the dist
> tarball. Shouldn't it be?

This actually is the documented behaviour[1]:

  ... if you set the TEXINFO_TEX variable (see below), it overrides
  the location of [texinfo.tex] and turns off its installation into
  the source [by automake --add-missing] as well as its distribution.

There's no rationale given but I guess that disabling distribution
when tweaking these things is more flexible: it is easier to add the
file to EXTRA_DIST if you want it distributed than it is to prevent
distribution otherwise.

[1] https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Texinfo

Cheers,
  Nick




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Message #11 received at 33594 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ben Elliston <bje <at> air.net.au>
To: Nick Bowler <nbowler <at> draconx.ca>
Cc: 33594 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33594: TEXINFO_TEX file is not in dist
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 17:59:43 +1100
On Mon, Dec 03, 2018 at 01:04:02AM -0500, Nick Bowler wrote:

>   ... if you set the TEXINFO_TEX variable (see below), it overrides
>   the location of [texinfo.tex] and turns off its installation into
>   the source [by automake --add-missing] as well as its distribution.
> 
> There's no rationale given but I guess that disabling distribution
> when tweaking these things is more flexible: it is easier to add the
> file to EXTRA_DIST if you want it distributed than it is to prevent
> distribution otherwise.

Thanks, Nick. It's a bit counterintuitive to my mind, but at least the
workaround is documented.

Cheers, Ben




bug closed, send any further explanations to 33594 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Ben Elliston <bje <at> air.net.au> Request was from Mike Frysinger <vapier <at> gentoo.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 08 Feb 2022 04:22:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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