Re: TEXINFO_TEX and not-recursive Makefiles.am

[Roumen Petrov]

Dilyan Palauzov wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My Automake 1.10 documentation states:
>
> By default, Automake requires the file `texinfo.tex' to appear in the 
> same directory as the Texinfo source (this can be changed using the 
> `TEXINFO_TEX' variable, see below)
>
> I wanted to try having one central Makefile.am, in accordance to 
> "Recursive Make considered harmful".  However, when writing
>    info_TEXINFOS = doc/xyz.text
> and running automake, I get the error "required file './texinfo.tex' 
> not found.

Command "automake --add-missing" should install texinfo.tex.


> I consider this behaviour as contradiction to the above cited 
> documentation, since the texinfo.tex file is searched not in the 
> directory, where the texinfo source is, but where the Makefile.am is.
Yes , documentation is not correct. The paths for info files could be 
relative to Makefile.am, as example:
info_TEXINFOS = doc1/foo1.texi doc2/foo2.texi

About TEXINFO_TEX :
It is not clear that TEXINFO_TEX take precedence over AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR.

Also documentation don't inform us that automake don't install file 
specified by variable TEXINFO_TEX if automake option  --add-missing is used.

>    Със здраве,
>       Дилян

Roumen