Re: problem using install-info with tar.info

2015-11-07 Thread Alan Wehmann
if (c == '\n') { line_out[offset_out++] = c; /* line_out = (char *) realloc ((void *)line_out, allocated_out+1); */ line_out[offset_out+1] = '\0'; strncat (*outstr, line_out, offset_out); column = offset_out = 0;

Re: problem using install-info with tar.info

2015-11-07 Thread Alan Wehmann
out++] = c; + line_out = (char *) realloc ((void *)line_out, allocated_out+1); + line_out[offset_out+1] = '\0'; strncat (*outstr, line_out, offset_out); column = offset_out = 0; continue; Alan Wehmann alan.wehm...@gmail.com > On Nov 7, 2015,

Re: problem using install-info with tar.info

2015-11-04 Thread Alan Wehmann
ncat" giving a problem. They are (from install-info_orig_seq.c): 1482 strncat (*outstr, line_out, logical_end); 1508 strncat (*outstr, line_out, offset_out); 1520 strncat (*outstr, line_out, offset_out); but since I didn't run into any problems from these lines I

Re: problem using install-info with tar.info

2015-10-31 Thread Alan Wehmann
Neither tar-a.info nor tar-b.info cause an error.  I attach tar-c.info.  It causes the error on multiple tries, with or without the presence of a dir file.I created tar-c.info by copying tar-a.info and adding to it the three lines from tar-b.info.I also attach tar-d.info.  It is like tar-c.info in

Re: problem using install-info with tar.info

2015-10-31 Thread Alan Wehmann
The naming probably matters, so I attach it with “tar” added to the name. test-suite.log.tar.gz Description: GNU Zip compressed data Alan Wehmann alan.wehm...@gmail.com > On Oct 31, 2015, at 10:59 AM, Alan Wehmann wrote: > > I attach a tar archive containing "test-suite.log&q

Re: problem using install-info with tar.info

2015-10-31 Thread Alan Wehmann
I attach a tar archive containing "test-suite.log". This is from the sequence ./configure, make, make check in the texinfo-5.2 distribution that I downloaded. Alan Wehmann alan.wehm...@gmail.com On Oct 30, 2015, at 6:11 PM, Karl Berry wrote: Alan, did you run make check? test-su

Re: problem using install-info with tar.info

2015-10-31 Thread Alan Wehmann
s in the Emacs shell buffer. I have tested running of "install-info" in the terminal window on my Mac & that gave a similar result, so the limitations of the shell buffer versus a terminal window make no difference. Alan Wehmann alan.wehm...@gmail.com On Oct 30, 2015, at 6:11 PM,

Re: problem using install-info with tar.info

2015-10-30 Thread Alan Wehmann
bug: reading dir file dir debug: reading input file tar.info Abort trap: 6 Alan Wehmann alan.wehm...@gmail.com > On Oct 30, 2015, at 6:11 PM, Karl Berry wrote: > >* Tar: (tar). Making tape (or disk) archives. > >The node name is missing (after the clo

problem using install-info with tar.info

2015-10-30 Thread alan . wehmann
file. I do not have this problem with other info files and using "install-info" with them. This report is distilled from a number of tests that I made; I don't attempt to describe them all. -- Alan Wehmann alan.wehm...@gmail.com