Re: makeinfo does not produce first output file when multiple files passed

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: No Wayman <iarchivedmywholelife@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 10:52:17 -0500
> 
> 
> makeinfo --version: texi2any (GNU texinfo) 7.1
> Run on Arch Linux
> 
> Reproduction steps:
> 
> 1. Clone the "emacs-eat" repository:
> 
> $ cd /tmp/
> $ git clone https://codeberg.org/akib/emacs-eat.git
> 
> 2. Within the repository, attempt to build 3 info files from the 3 
> texi files in the repository:
> 
> $ cd ./emacs-eat
> $ makeinfo fdl.texi -o fdl.info gpl.texi -o gpl.info eat.texi -o 
> eat.info
> 
> This results in the last two info files being created (e.g. 
> gpl.info and eat.info in this example).
> The first file is not created regardless of the order they are 
> passed.
> Passing a "null" first argument results in all three files being 
> generated:
> 
> $ makeinfo /dev/null fdl.texi -o fdl.info gpl.texi -o gpl.info 
> eat.texi -o eat.info
> 
> Is this a misunderstanding on my part, or should all three files 
> be generated with the first makeinfo command in the reproduction 
> case?

I'm not sure what exactly is going on, but you _are_ making a mistake:
the files fdl.texi and gpl.texi are supposed to be @include'd by other
Texinfo files, not processed separately.  There's a comment at the
beginning of each one of them saying that.  Why are you processing
them as separate Texinfo documents?