Re: texinfo-4.9: texi2dvi '-o' option is broken

[Michael Deutschmann]

On Tue, 24 Jul 2007, you wrote:
>     I think automake is objecting to that, expecting only one copy of
>     the .dvi file to exist after texi2dvi runs.
>
> I made the change below, let me know.
>
> Unfortunately there are still cases where original.dvi can be left,
> namely on subsequent runs (ie, when the cmp succeeds).  I am finding it
> hard to disentangle the logic of all this.
>
> But I think doing mv instead of cp will at least help the automake test
> scenario?

Yes.  With the amended texi2dvi, all automake tests attempted on my
platform now succeed.

You might make a note to run an automake test run yourself before
releasing the next texinfo version.

---- Michael Deutschmann <address@hidden>