Re: CVS texinfo.tex: @anchor{...-...}

[Akim Demaille]

 > Would you like to look at it again?

The problem is indeed a stale .aux.  The problem is that it is way too
easy to build a broken one as a result of a successful run!

/tmp % eof anchor.texi                                           nostromo 11:07
: -------------------- anchor.texi ----------------------
cat > anchor.texi << \EOF
\input texinfo   @c -*-texinfo-*-
@setfilename benoit
@settitle benoit

@macro filecaption{ordinal, name}
@anchor{Example address@hidden \ordinal\}: @file{\name\}
@end macro

@ifnottex
@node Top
@top TITLE
@end ifnottex

@example
@filecaption{1, test-01.tig}
@end example

@bye
EOF
: ------------------------------------------------------------
/tmp % rm anchor.aux ;  texi2dvi anchor.texi; texi2dvi anchor.texi
This is TeXk, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.4.5)
 file:line:error style messages enabled.
(/tmp/anchor.texi (/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/texinfo.tex
Loading texinfo [version 2003-11-24.06]: Basics, pdf, fonts, page headings,
tables, conditionals, indexing, sectioning, toc, environments, defuns, macros,
cross references, footnotes, figures,
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/dvips/epsf.tex) localization,
and turning on texinfo input format.) (./anchor.tmp) [1] )
Output written on anchor.dvi (1 page, 272 bytes).
Transcript written on anchor.log.
This is TeXk, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.4.5)
 file:line:error style messages enabled.
(/tmp/anchor.texi (/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/texinfo.tex
Loading texinfo [version 2003-11-24.06]: Basics, pdf, fonts, page headings,
tables, conditionals, indexing, sectioning, toc, environments, defuns, macros,
cross references, footnotes, figures,
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/dvips/epsf.tex) localization,
and turning on texinfo input format.) (./anchor.aux
./anchor.aux:1: Missing @endcsname inserted
./anchor.aux:1: Extra @endcsname
./anchor.aux:2: Missing @endcsname inserted
./anchor.aux:2: Extra @endcsname
./anchor.aux:3: Undefined control sequence
./anchor.aux:3: Undefined control sequence
) (./anchor.tmp) [1] )
(see the transcript file for additional information)
Output written on anchor.dvi (1 page, 340 bytes).
Transcript written on anchor.log.
/home/akim/bin/texi2dvi: tex exited with bad status, quitting.
/home/akim/bin/texi2dvi: see anchor.log for errors.
/tmp % cat anchor.aux                                            nostromo Err 1
@address@hidden @address@hidden @penalty @tiepenalty @ @unhbox @address@hidden 
@penalty @tiepenalty @ {1}-title}{}
@address@hidden @address@hidden @penalty @tiepenalty @ @unhbox @address@hidden 
@penalty @tiepenalty @ {1}-snt}{}
@xrdef{Example\unhbox address@hidden \penalty \tiepenalty \ \unhbox 
address@hidden \penalty \tiepenalty \ {1}-pg}{1}



Note that texi2dvi -e yields the same result.