Re: [Automake-NG] [PATCH] texi: require Texinfo >= 4.9, related enhancements

[Stefano Lattarini]

On 06/18/2012 01:39 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>
> ... this bit of botched code in the texi2dvi script (version 4.13):
> 
>   # ensure_dir DIR1 DIR2...
>   # -----------------------
>   # Make sure the directories exist.
>   ensure_dir ()
>   {
>     for dir
>     do
>       test -d "$dir" \
>         || mkdir "$dir" \
>         || error 1 "cannot create directory: $dir"
>     done
>   }
> 
>
On the bright side, this issue seems fixed in the development version of
Texinfo:

  # ensure_dir DIR1 DIR2...
  # -----------------------
  # Make sure the directories exist.
  ensure_dir ()
  {
    for dir
    do
      # Beware that in parallel builds we may have several concurrent
      # attempts to create the directory.  So fail only if "mkdir"
      # failed *and* the directory still does not exist.
      test -d "$dir" \
        || mkdir "$dir" \
        || test -d "$dir" \
        || error 1 "cannot create directory: $dir"
    done
  }

So we might revisit the issue when we can assume Texinfo 5.0 ...

Regards,
  Stefano