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Re: Brittleness with texinfo and version numbering
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Rik |
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Re: Brittleness with texinfo and version numbering |
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Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:55:04 -0700 |
John W. Eaton wrote:
> On 13-Oct-2009, Rik wrote:
>
> | I agree it's a problem with texinfo, but I think it will take a longer
> | to fix it this way than simply avoiding the problem.
>
> The problem only shows up if you do a "make dist" on an Octave version
> from the hg archive, which isn't something that I expect to happen
> often. If I make a snapshot, then I use a "normal" version number.
>
>
This is fine. If it is a low frequency event then it is easier to avoid
it then to fix it. That was the point I was trying to convey regarding
texinfo as well.
--Rik