Re: texi2dvi: set -e, use tar

[Karl Berry]

    compile with -Werror -Wall

I do not see -e as at all analogous to -Werror -Wall, or to errno, for
the reason I wrote before: not all nonzero exit codes are errors.  E.g.,
foo && bar.  I guess we just have differing opinions/experiences on this :).

However, since in reality you are maintaining texi2dvi, and have done
everything of significance to it for some time, if you are happier with
-e, then that's ok by me.

    cp -r is fine to copy hierarchies, but not sets of files.

I don't understand what you're saying, however, again, if you are
happier with tar, that's ok.  Eli, I sincerely doubt there is anyone in
the world who has tex and texinfo installed without having tar
installed.  That would be crazy.

As for rewriting texi2dvi in C, I don't think it's a good idea.
C is not a good language for forking tons of programs, messing with
tons of files, etc.  Sure, it could be done, but I see no gain, and
meanwhile there are about ten zillion more important things to do.

Thanks,
k