bug#29188: [PATCH] texi2dvi usage doesn't work with

2023-03-20 Thread Bogdan
Gavin Smith , Sun Mar 19 2023 19:52:15 GMT+0100 (Central European Standard Time) On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 05:57:19PM +0100, Bogdan wrote: Anyway, I just provide code the way I'd do it. It's up to "someone higher up", like you, to make the decision if the patch is to be merged, modified first,

bug#29188: [PATCH] texi2dvi usage doesn't work with

2023-03-20 Thread Bogdan
Karl Berry , Mon Mar 20 2023 15:36:11 GMT+0100 (Central European Standard Time) Gavin, thanks for your comments. Always appreciated. Bogdan, thanks for the patch. I (or the mythical Someone Else) will look into it. My gut reaction is that it's good to make things work with old versions in

bug#29188: [PATCH] texi2dvi usage doesn't work with

2023-03-20 Thread Karl Berry
Gavin, thanks for your comments. Always appreciated. Bogdan, thanks for the patch. I (or the mythical Someone Else) will look into it. My gut reaction is that it's good to make things work with old versions in principle, although admittedly Apple's no-GPLv3 policy is not something we care about

bug#29188: [PATCH] texi2dvi usage doesn't work with

2023-03-19 Thread Gavin Smith
On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 05:57:19PM +0100, Bogdan wrote: > Anyway, I just provide code the way I'd do it. It's up to "someone higher > up", like you, to make the decision if the patch is to be merged, modified > first, or to be simply left out for some reason. There surely are things I > don't

bug#29188: [PATCH] texi2dvi usage doesn't work with

2023-03-19 Thread Bogdan
Gavin Smith , Sun Mar 19 2023 11:17:31 GMT+0100 (Central European Standard Time) On Sat, Mar 18, 2023 at 10:10:05PM +0100, Bogdan wrote: The problem was with "--build-dir=": the old texi2dvi (which is a shell script) splits "--build-dir=xxx" into "--build-dir" and "xxx", interprets the

bug#29188: [PATCH] texi2dvi usage doesn't work with

2023-03-19 Thread Gavin Smith
On Sat, Mar 18, 2023 at 10:10:05PM +0100, Bogdan wrote: > The problem was with "--build-dir=": the old texi2dvi (which is a shell > script) splits "--build-dir=xxx" into "--build-dir" and "xxx", interprets > the "--build-dir" switch as "--batch" (checks just the first letter, great) > and the

bug#29188: [PATCH] texi2dvi usage doesn't work with

2023-03-18 Thread Bogdan
Hello. The attached patch fixes bug#29188. The problem was with "--build-dir=": the old texi2dvi (which is a shell script) splits "--build-dir=xxx" into "--build-dir" and "xxx", interprets the "--build-dir" switch as "--batch" (checks just the first letter, great) and the "xxx" stays on