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

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On 03/07/2015 22:49, Gavin Smith wrote:
> 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?

I am about to leave for vacation, but on a quick test no problems emerged.

> Best regards
> Gavin


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Brian D. Ripley,                  address@hidden
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