Re: texinfo not happy with texlive not producing log?

[Liviu Ionescu]

> On 30 Oct 2016, at 10:16, Gavin Smith <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> ... Is etex creating a log file?

apparently not.

I tried with the following lines, from the openocd build:

ilg-mbp:tmp ilg$ mkdir tex
ilg-mbp:tmp ilg$ cd tex
ilg-mbp:tex ilg$ export PATH=/Users/ilg/Work/no-backup/texlive/install/bin:$PATH
ilg-mbp:tex ilg$ /Users/ilg/opt/homebrew-gae/bin/texi2dvi --pdf --batch -o 
openocd.pdf /Users/ilg/Work/openocd/gnuarmeclipse-openocd.git/doc/openocd.texi
/Users/ilg/opt/homebrew-gae/bin/texi2dvi: TeX neither supports -recorder nor 
outputs \openout lines in its log file
ilg-mbp:tex ilg$ ls -l
ilg-mbp:tex ilg$ 
ilg-mbp:tex ilg$ /Users/ilg/opt/homebrew-gae/bin/texi2dvi --version
texi2dvi (GNU Texinfo 6.3) 7353
...
ilg-mbp:tex ilg$ which etex
/Users/ilg/Work/no-backup/texlive/install/bin/etex
ilg-mbp:tex ilg$ etex --version
pdfTeX 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.17 (TeX Live 2016)
kpathsea version 6.2.2
...
Compiled with libpng 1.6.21; using libpng 1.6.21
Compiled with zlib 1.2.8; using zlib 1.2.8
Compiled with xpdf version 3.04
ilg-mbp:tex ilg$ 


the test uses my compiled texlive, the homebrew texinfo, and the openocd tex 
file.

if you can suggest a more relevant test, please let me know and I'll try it.


regards,

Liviu