Re: How to prevent distribution of `texinfo.tex`

[Gavin Smith]

On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 12:27:15PM -0400, Nick Bowler wrote:
> On 2021-06-23, Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org> wrote:
> > The file `texinfo.tex` is in the list of files (given by `automake
> > --help`) that gets always distributed.  How can I disable this?  I
> > don't have texinfo documentation.
> 
> The texinfo.tex file (and others listed along with it) is included in
> the distribution only if the file is present in your project workspace
> when you run "automake" to (re)generate Makefile.in.
> 
> As far as I know there is no way to disable this behaviour, although I
> agree the automagic file inclusion can be a bit funky.

Would it make sense only to include this file if a _TEXINFOS variable
e.g. info_TEXINFOS is set in Makefile.am?