Re: CVS Texinfo fails to build the Autoconf manual (from git)

[Eric Blake]

On 07/18/2012 01:36 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 21:21:12 +0200
>> From: Patrice Dumas <address@hidden>
>>
>> address@hidden AC_F77_DUMMY_MAIN (@ovar{action-if-found}, 
>> @dvar{action-if-not-found, @
>> -  AC_MSG_FAILURE})
>> address@hidden AC_FC_DUMMY_MAIN (@ovar{action-if-found}, 
>> @dvar{action-if-not-found, @
>> -  AC_MSG_FAILURE})
>> address@hidden AC_F77_DUMMY_MAIN (@ovar{action-if-found}, @
>> +  @dvar{action-if-not-found, AC_MSG_FAILURE})
>> address@hidden AC_FC_DUMMY_MAIN (@ovar{action-if-found}, @
>> +  @dvar{action-if-not-found, AC_MSG_FAILURE})
> 
> I'm quite sure the @def* commands need to be on a single line, to work
> correctly with the old Texinfo.

Trailing @ is intentionally documented as being the line-continuation
character within @def* commands.  But placing it directly in the @def,
and not embedding within the macro @dvar, makes sense.

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Eric Blake   address@hidden    +1-919-301-3266
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