On Mon, Dec 03, 2018 at 01:04:02AM -0500, Nick Bowler wrote: > ... if you set the TEXINFO_TEX variable (see below), it overrides > the location of [texinfo.tex] and turns off its installation into > the source [by automake --add-missing] as well as its distribution. > > There's no rationale given but I guess that disabling distribution > when tweaking these things is more flexible: it is easier to add the > file to EXTRA_DIST if you want it distributed than it is to prevent > distribution otherwise.
Thanks, Nick. It's a bit counterintuitive to my mind, but at least the workaround is documented. Cheers, Ben