Re: texi2dvi is a bash script, not a Bourne shell script

[Gavin Smith]

On 1 July 2015 at 08:49, Prof Brian Ripley <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Solaris 10, installed from the sources:
>
> swift-9% texi2dvi --version
> texi2dvi (GNU Texinfo 6.0) 6363
>
> and any invocation gives
>
> /usr/local/bin/texi2dvi: BSTINPUTS: not found
>
> The head of the script is
>
> #! /bin/sh
> # texi2dvi --- produce DVI (or PDF) files from Texinfo (or (La)TeX) sources.
> # $Id: texi2dvi 6363 2015-06-26 12:36:32Z gavin $
>
> and /bin/sh is a Bourne shell derived from AT&T Unix.
>

Hello Brian,

I have uploaded a new version of the script at
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/. Maybe you could try it and report any
other problems you have with it?

Best regards
Gavin