On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 12:29 PM Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0...@gmail.com> wrote:
> We have released version 6.7 of Texinfo, the GNU documentation format. > > This package contains tools to produce documentation in various > formats, including HTML and PDF, from source files in the Texinfo > format. Texinfo is a text-based format with commands for marking text, > document structuring and indexing. > > The highlight of this release is improved indexing facilities. > > http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/texinfo/texinfo-6.7.tar.xz > http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/texinfo/texinfo-6.7.tar.gz I can build texinfo from these files without any problems. However, if I use the git repo I can't. I checked out the tag texinfo-6.7 and ran autogen.sh and get this error: Preparing Texinfo development infrastructure: ./tp/maintain/regenerate_file_lists.pl (cd tp && ./maintain/regenerate_docstr.sh Makefile.docstr) (cd tp/tests && ../maintain/regenerate_cmd_tests.sh Makefile.onetst . -base 'formatting sectioning indices nested_formats contents layout' -tex_html 'tex_html') aclocal -I gnulib/m4 && autoconf && autoheader && automake missing file gnulib/lib/windows-mutex.c configure.ac:90: error: expected source file, required through AC_LIBSOURCES, not found gnulib/m4/gnulib-comp.m4:156: gl_INIT is expanded from... configure.ac:90: the top level autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1 aclocal: error: echo failed with exit status: 1 I used to be able to build from the git tree without problems. > > If automatic redirection fails, the list of mirrors is at: > https://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.html > > Failing that, you can use the main server: > https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-6.7.tar.xz > https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-6.7.tar.gz > > Please email any comments to bug-texinfo@gnu.org. > The Texinfo web page: https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/ > > Full news: > * Language: > . support of index subentries and sub-subentries with @subentry > . new commands @seeentry and @seealso in index entries > . no need to wrap Top node in @ifnottex - omitted automatically when > processed with TeX > . UTF-8 is the default input encoding > > * texi2any > . for HTML output, mark index nodes in menus and tables of contents > with the 'rel' attribute of the 'a' tag. > . TOP_NODE_UP is now only used in HTML if TOP_NODE_UP_URL is set. > Also TOP_NODE_UP should now be formatted in the output format. > In HTML TOP_NODE_UP should be suitable for inclusion in HTML > element attributes, so for instance should not contain elements. > . support of noderename.cnf files has been removed > . INPUT_PERL_ENCODING, INPUT_ENCODING_NAME, NODE_FILE_EXTENSION, > NODE_FILENAMES, SHORTEXTN and TOP_NODE_FILE removed as customization > variables. > . TOP_NODE_FILE_TARGET now contains the extension. > . error messages translated when the XS parser module is in use > > * texi2dvi > . unconditionally run in --batch mode, i.e. without stopping if there > is a TeX error > . keep on going after a TeX error if the index files changed > . with --tidy (or --build-dir), avoid reading index files from previous > runs where --tidy was not used > > * info > . for a tree search (with M-/), '}' and '{' work as well as 'M-}' and > 'M-{' to go through the results > > * Distribution: > . Several obsolete portability checks removed > . gettext 0.20.1, automake 1.16.1 > > -- Ray
