Re: Build failure on master

2024-10-03 Thread Andreas Schwab
On Okt 03 2024, Patrice Dumas wrote: > On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 09:03:16PM +0100, Gavin Smith wrote: >> Currently, when I run "make" there are a slew of error messages (see below). > > I can't reproduce, maybe because of a different Perl? Before v5.37.2 SvPVutf8_nolen was a macro that dereferenc

Re: Build failure on master

2024-10-03 Thread Patrice Dumas
On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 09:03:16PM +0100, Gavin Smith wrote: > Currently, when I run "make" there are a slew of error messages (see below). I can't reproduce, maybe because of a different Perl? Maybe a (SV *) cast is needed like const char *direction_name = SvPVutf8_nolen ((SV *)

Build failure on master

2024-10-03 Thread Gavin Smith
Currently, when I run "make" there are a slew of error messages (see below). (master branch, commit 6a80a8dbed6e, 2024-08-07 18:02:23 +0200). I tried re-running "configure" but it made no difference. I have not investigated any further. make[5]: Entering directory '/home/g/src/texinfo/GIT/tp/T

Re: Info definition line only starting with single hyphen?

2024-10-03 Thread Gavin Smith
On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 07:06:47PM +0200, Patrice Dumas wrote: > It is indeed not necessary and could very well be reverted, either by > using --- that will become --, or setting code style for the leading --. > I hesitated a lot about whether to discuss the change or not, but in the > end I did no

Re: Info definition line only starting with single hyphen?

2024-10-03 Thread Patrice Dumas
On Wed, Oct 02, 2024 at 10:44:16PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > AFAICT, it changed from a single hyphen to 2 hyphens in or before > > Texinfo 4.8. > > Looks like it's this discussion: > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-texinfo/2004-02/msg00021.html > > and this ChangeLog entry: > >

Re: Info definition line only starting with single hyphen?

2024-10-03 Thread Patrice Dumas
On Wed, Oct 02, 2024 at 07:06:36PM +0100, Gavin Smith wrote: > I saw this line had been added to NEWS: > > . Info: > . Output a single hyphen at the start of a definition line > > This change was in commit 3ee7ac39a8 (dated 2024-07-06, applied 2024-09-29). > > The effect of this change is to h