Re: Help requested for Automake.

[Mathieu Lirzin]

Hello Carl,

carl hansen <address@hidden> writes:

> On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Mathieu Lirzin <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>  I have recently updated the texinfo.tex distributed in Automake from
>  version 2013-02-01.11 to version 2017-01-14.15
>
>  Unfortunately this had the consequence of making 2 tests of Automake test
>  suite fail. The problems happen when calling texi2dvi and I fail to
>  parse the error messages. That would be great if someone could help me
>  figure out what/where the problem is.
>
> ​partial sol'n:
> ​ 
> ​in automake-micro/silent-texi.sh
>
> cat > foo.texi <<'EOF'
> \input texinfo
> @setfilename foo.info
> @settitle foo manual
> @bye
> EOF
>
> This doesn't actually produce foo.dvi
> But add some text, then it does produce foo.dvi:
>
> cat > foo.texi <<'EOF'
> \input texinfo
> @setfilename foo.info
> @settitle foo manual
> Here is some random text.
> @bye
> EOF
>
> likewise, further down:
> cat > sub/zardoz.texi <<'EOF'
> \input texinfo
> @setfilename zardoz.info
> @settitle zardoz manual
> Sean Connery
> @bye
> EOF

Great!  The "silent-texi.sh" test pass with that fix.

AIUI the fact the text can't be empty is a regression in "texinfo.tex".
Here is a patch for Texinfo, which adds an expected fail test for that
behavior.

Index: Makefile.am
===================================================================
--- Makefile.am (revision 7676)
+++ Makefile.am (working copy)
@@ -64,4 +64,8 @@
 
 DISTCLEANFILES = txixml2texi
 
-TESTS=tests/texi2dvi_helpversion.sh
+TESTS= \
+  tests/texi2dvi_helpversion.sh \
+  tests/texi2dvi_empty_text.sh
+
+XFAIL_TESTS = tests/texi2dvi_empty_text.sh
Index: tests/texi2dvi_empty_text.sh
===================================================================
--- tests/texi2dvi_empty_text.sh        (nonexistent)
+++ tests/texi2dvi_empty_text.sh        (working copy)
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Ensure that texi2dvi handles a file without text.
+
+set -x
+
+filename="foo-$$"
+texi2dvi=$srcdir/texi2dvi
+
+trap "rm -f $filename.texi $filename.dvi $filename.log" EXIT
+
+cat > "$filename.texi" <<'EOF'
+\input texinfo
address@hidden foo.info
address@hidden foo manual
address@hidden
+EOF
+
+$texi2dvi -o "$filename.dvi" "$filename.texi"
+if test $? -ne 0; then
+  cat "$filename.log"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+:

>
> Still looking at other error

Thank you very much for your help!

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Mathieu Lirzin
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