Re: makeinfo --docbook bug with index

[Gavin Smith]

On 6 April 2016 at 22:00, Karl Berry <address@hidden> wrote:
>             <index role="cp"></index>
>
> How can it be correct to omit output from the @node and @unnumbered?
> Docbook cannot know the name I want to give to my index.  And the whole
> node tree would be screwed up.  And what if there is other text in the
> node besides the @printindex?  I don't get it.  Not that it's my
> business any more ...  -k
>

That's exactly what I thought.

....
        @node Concept Index
        @unnumbered Index

        aaaaa

        @printindex cp

        bbbbb

        @bye

What should the output be? Three separate chapters?

Does invalid DocBook output cause problems with validation? Would it
be better to remove the <index> output completely and have no output
for an index?