Don't expect this list to support you in that adventure ???? How very convenient!
I want get the regular development snapshot to test the work in progress, building it separately, from source, at another location. The problem with PATH occurred after texi2pdf called texi2dvi I used cd /home/hagbard/Admir/build/texinfo ../../source/texinfo/configure --prefix=/home/hagbard/Admir/bin/texinfo make sudo make install make TEXMF=/home/hagbard/Admir/bin/texinfo/bin install-tex Have only been doing what I have been instructed to do. But I have observed some maintainers who consistently ridicule users for deviating from the mainstream use of the software. Why can't I have multiple versions of the program and run the ones I want? Perhaps texinfo is a pain and you are unable to handle a solution that is straightforward. At least Gavin tries his best to understand the difficulties users face, unlike some others. Can you give we a scheme that works so I can test the development version independently of any other texinfo setup I have? > Sent: Friday, June 25, 2021 at 4:16 AM > From: "Eli Zaretskii" <[email protected]> > To: "Christopher Dimech" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected], [email protected] > Subject: Re: Using a macro makes pdfetex quits and exits with bad status > > > From: Christopher Dimech <[email protected]> > > Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 17:53:02 +0200 > > Sensitivity: Normal > > Cc: [email protected] > > > > Ok, I added the texinfo development directory to PATH. > > > > Now getting again to the old problem of texinfo.tex > > Why did you need to add some directory to PATH? Did you install > Texinfo with "make install", as expected? Assuming you used some sane > vale of the --prefix configure option, "make install" should have made > sure every executable is on PATH from the get-go. Since you say you > need to add some directory to PATH, I suspect that instead of a normal > install you did something "by hand", and now the thing crumbles under > you feet because of that. > > Texinfo is not guaranteed to work correctly unless you install it > after building using the provided "make install" procedure (followed > by a manual install of texinfo.tex, if needed). If you didn't do > that, things will fall apart, and please don't expect this list to > support you in that adventure. >
