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TEXINFO_TEX file is not in dist
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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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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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Message #8 received at 33594 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
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):
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.
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> 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
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