Re: makeinfo 4.7

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: address@hidden (Kim F. Storm)
> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 23:54:36 +0200
> 
> According to the README file, makeinfo 4.2 or later is needed:
> 
> `man'       holds the source code for the Emacs Manual.  If you modify the
>             manual sources, you will need the `makeinfo' program to produce
>             an updated manual.  `makeinfo' is part of the GNU Texinfo
>             package; you need version 4.2 or later of Texinfo.
> 
> But rcirc.texi uses indicateurl which was added in 4.7

Why does rcirc.texi need @indicateurl?  Can't it do without it?

I don't think we should gratuitously raise the minimal version of
support tool required to rebuild Emacs, even though Texinfo 4.7 was
released quite some time ago.