Re: Using texinfo CVS in real world?

[Simon Josefsson]

address@hidden (Karl Berry) writes:

>     Is there a nice idiom to make that happen?
>
> If the .info file is in the distribution, and its date is newer than the
> texinfo source, it shouldn't get rebuilt, without any work needed by
> anyone.  Why is it getting rebuilt?

I don't know.  It doesn't get rebuild when I build it (on any
platform).  The person reporting this was a packager, so perhaps they
modify the build environment somehow.  *looks* Yes, they modify
ltmain.sh, and probably re-run autoreconf or something like it.  If I
run autoreconf in an unpacked archive, the manual is rebuilt for me
too.  So it sounds like a bug caused by their own customizations.

>     That is, to consider 'makeinfo' a maintainer-only tool, similar to
>     aclocal or autoconf, so that 'makeinfo' isn't invoked on users'
>
> I know what you're saying, but I don't know of any option to make
> info-building rules apply only if maintainer-mode (or some such).

Ok.  It sounds like something useful though.  O well.

Thanks,
Simon