Re: Help requested for Automake.

[Mathieu Lirzin]

Hi,

Gavin Smith <address@hidden> writes:

> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 08:06:33PM +0200, Mathieu Lirzin wrote:
>> OK. So I have updated texinfo.tex to version 2017-03-25.14. This has
>> fixed one test but I still have the other one failing.  Here is the
>> failing texi file:
>> 
>> baz.texi:
>>   \input texinfo
>>   @setfilename baz.info
>>   @settitle baz
>>   @defindex au
>>   @defindex sa
>>   @defindex sb
>>   @syncodeindex sa sb
>> 
>>   @node Top
>>   Hello walls.
>> 
>>   @auindex baz
>>   baz
>>   @saindex sa
>>   sa
>>   @sbindex sb
>>   sb
>>   @bye
>> 
>> Based on the attached tarball content.
>
> I've confirmed the failure.
>
> I've committed a fix to the version-control repository and uploaded the
> new texinfo.tex file to ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo.
>
>> I have identified that the issue only happens when there is a 
>> @synindex
>> and when that @synindex doesn't contain all the existing index.  for
>> example if I remove the '@auindex' and its definition, or if I simply
>> remove '@synindex sa sb', the build succeeds.
>
> I believe the failure was for @synindex when there were no blank lines 
> above it, and only certain commands that took an argument on the whole 
> line appeared.
>
> Please report if there are any more problems. Thanks for the report.

Thank you for fixing this.

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Mathieu Lirzin
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