Hi all, > On 9 Mar 2023, at 23:35, Sandra Loosemore via Gcc-patches > <gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org> wrote: > > On 3/9/23 01:26, Richard Biener wrote: > >> SLES 12 has texinfo 4.13a, SLES 15 has texinfo 6.5. We still provide >> up-to-date GCC for SLES 12 but we can probably manage in some ways >> when the texinfo requirement gets bumped. > > OK, this seems to be the oldest version anyone admits to actually using. I > built the manual with Arsen's patches using 4.13a; the build was successful, > and I didn't see any obvious issues with the @gol removal in either the PDF > or HTML output, so I think we are OK for backward compatibility.
FWIW macOS/Darwin (as delivered by Apple) is stuck on 4.8 (and, presumably, very unlikely to advance), but I would expect most macOS FOSS users have something newer installed, either self-built or via macposrts/homebrew etc. so the “admits to actually using” applies here too I think (personally, I am using 6.7 but not for any special reason other than it was current when I updated my local toolset). So I think Darwin can also manage with a newer requirement. thanks Iain > I will work up a patch to remove the references to version 4.7 and replace it > with some generic language as I suggested earlier, that won't be so prone to > bit rot. > > -Sandra
