Bug#889631: Bug#889647: mpfr 4.0 branch fails to build with texinfo.tex from automake

2018-02-05 Thread Norbert Preining
> Yes. To fix the automake issue, I would see 2 possibilities: Both are fine with me, I don't care which one is taken. I have uploaded a new texinfo package with patched texinfo.tex just now. Norbert -- PREINING Norbert http://www.preining.info Accelia Inc. +

Bug#889631: Bug#889647: mpfr 4.0 branch fails to build with texinfo.tex from automake

2018-02-05 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2018-02-05 23:34:18 +0900, Norbert Preining wrote: > > In case this was not clear, I meant that in addition to the texinfo > > correction, something else needs to be done in another package, > > either in automake or in mpfr4, to that the right texinfo.tex file > > automake is the culprit. Ship

Bug#889631: Bug#889647: mpfr 4.0 branch fails to build with texinfo.tex from automake

2018-02-05 Thread Norbert Preining
> In case this was not clear, I meant that in addition to the texinfo > correction, something else needs to be done in another package, > either in automake or in mpfr4, to that the right texinfo.tex file automake is the culprit. Shipping and ancient, pre-historic texinfo.tex is simply wrong. Nor

Bug#889631: Bug#889647: mpfr 4.0 branch fails to build with texinfo.tex from automake

2018-02-05 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2018-02-05 15:23:08 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > I think that there are 2 possible solutions: > > 1. Make sure that the texinfo.tex provided in the tarball is used > (I wonder why it gets replaced, this should be unnecessary, just > like things such as autoreconf). > > 2. Patch the texinfo

Bug#889631: Bug#889647: mpfr 4.0 branch fails to build with texinfo.tex from automake

2018-02-05 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2018-02-05 22:42:55 +0900, Norbert Preining wrote: > Hi Vincent, > > I cannot add much to your email, all correct. > > > > I assume texinfo's version of texinfo.tex is too old as well for the > > > mpfr4 build, > > > > Probably, but maybe for a different reason. The current version > > from t

Bug#889631: Bug#889647: mpfr 4.0 branch fails to build with texinfo.tex from automake

2018-02-05 Thread Norbert Preining
Hi Vincent, I cannot add much to your email, all correct. > > I assume texinfo's version of texinfo.tex is too old as well for the > > mpfr4 build, > > Probably, but maybe for a different reason. The current version > from the texinfo package does not support @var in exponent or > subscript as i

Bug#889631: Bug#889647: mpfr 4.0 branch fails to build with texinfo.tex from automake

2018-02-05 Thread Norbert Preining
Hi everyone, > I see that the texinfo.tex version in automake is from 2013, and is definitely Automake is ^W (redacted). This is so much out of date that I not even consider it for bug reports. The version shipped by automake if from texinfo 4.13 which was released around 2008 (!) Sin