Would it make sense only to include this file if a _TEXINFOS variable
e.g. info_TEXINFOS is set in Makefile.am?
It sounds sensible, although I admit trying to discern whether any
_TEXINFOS var is set anywhere in the source tree is something I've never
looked into. So it's nothing I'm
I imagined an option to specify files that are not distributed by
default.
Sounds reasonable. Such an option doesn't sound too hard to implement,
if you or anyone are up for writing a patch. Unfortunately, I'm not
likely to get to it any time soon, if ever :(. --thanks, karl.
On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 12:27:15PM -0400, Nick Bowler wrote:
> On 2021-06-23, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > The file `texinfo.tex` is in the list of files (given by `automake
> > --help`) that gets always distributed. How can I disable this? I
> > don't have texinfo documentation.
>
> The
>> I vote for removing this file from the list of mandatory files.
>
> It's not mandatory. It only gets included when the file is present
> in your development workspace (presumably by some mistake?) when you
> run automake.
Hmm. I can no longer repeat the problem. Sorry for the noise.
>
On 2021-06-23, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
Yeah, it would be nice to have a means to control that.
>>
>> Yes it is really not a good solution in this case. The file is
>> detected at "automake" time and the rule to distribute texinfo.tex
>> is baked into the generated Makefile.in. That then gets
>>> Yeah, it would be nice to have a means to control that.
>
> Yes it is really not a good solution in this case. The file is
> detected at "automake" time and the rule to distribute texinfo.tex
> is baked into the generated Makefile.in. That then gets bundled up
> into the tarball.
Yep.
On 23/06/2021, Peter Johansson wrote:
>
> On 24/6/21 3:02 am, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
>>> As far as I know there is no way to disable this behaviour, although
>>> I agree the automagic file inclusion can be a bit funky.
>> Yeah, it would be nice to have a means to control that.
>
> There is the
On 24/6/21 3:02 am, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
As far as I know there is no way to disable this behaviour, although
I agree the automagic file inclusion can be a bit funky.
Yeah, it would be nice to have a means to control that.
There is the dist hook, which can be used to remove files from the
>> The file `texinfo.tex` is in the list of files (given by `automake
>> --help`) that gets always distributed. How can I disable this? I
>> don't have texinfo documentation.
>
> The texinfo.tex file (and others listed along with it) is included
> in the distribution only if the file is
On 2021-06-23, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> The file `texinfo.tex` is in the list of files (given by `automake
> --help`) that gets always distributed. How can I disable this? I
> don't have texinfo documentation.
The texinfo.tex file (and others listed along with it) is included in
the
The file `texinfo.tex` is in the list of files (given by `automake
--help`) that gets always distributed. How can I disable this? I
don't have texinfo documentation.
Werner
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