Re: [bug-gsrc] problem with texinfo show up in mcsim

[carl hansen]

>     building /doc in mcsim fails, problem with texi2dvi

 On 12/9/12, Karl Berry <address@hidden> wrote:
> It seems wrong, in principle, for texi2dvi to be getting run as part of
> any build.  (Or makeinfo, for that matter.)  That is not usual and not
> recommended.  I haven't looked into mcsim specifically.
>
>     The debian-patched version of texi2dvi works correctly. The problem is
>     in texinfo. I don't know why patches  made by debian developers don't
>     get set upstream in this case.
>
> I'm the Texinfo maintainer (well, one of them), and as far as I know all
> patches have been applied.  Since you don't give any clue as to what the
> problem actually is, I can't say for sure in this case.
>
> There hasn't been a full new Texinfo release in a few years, but FWIW,
> the current officially released version of texi2dvi is available
> separately, from http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/texinfo/texi2dvi.  Ditto for
> texinfo.tex.
>
> k
>

Excellent, just the man I want to email to.

Whether it's advisable to require "make doc" as part of build, I don't
express an opinion.

Here's what happens when making mcsim:
Making all in doc
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/local/gsrc/gnu/mcsim/work/mcsim-5.4.0/doc'
TEXINPUTS=".:$TEXINPUTS" \
        MAKEINFO='/bin/bash
/usr/local/gsrc/gnu/mcsim/work/mcsim-5.4.0/missing --run makeinfo   -I
.' \
        texi2dvi mcsim.texinfo
/usr/local/bin/texi2dvi: 132: /usr/local/bin/texi2dvi: Syntax error:
Bad function name
make[3]: *** [mcsim.dvi] Error 2

stock texi2dvi, fails:

  test_local
  test $foo = bar
) || local () {    <---- line 132
  case $1 in
    *=*) eval "$1";;
  esac
}


debian version, works:


  test_local
  test $foo = bar
) || eval '
local () {
  case $1 in
    *=*) eval "$1";;
  esac
}
'

A few other changes exist in the debian version, not relevant here.