On Thu, Jul 01, 2021 at 12:22:03PM +0100, Gavin Smith wrote:
>
> That's useful to know. I edited doc/README and added this. Running make
> install refers the user to doc/README so I expect this is enough
> documentation of this issue.
What about adding information in INSTALL that there is more information
in doc/README as proposed in the attached patch?
>
> I actually don't really understand why we couldn't just install the files
> automatically under TEXMFLOCAL but I am taking the word of previous
> documentation that trying to install automatically is fraught with
> difficulties. I suspect that TEXMFLOCAL hasn't always existed or doesn't
> exist everywhere. I found old emails discussing whether to use TEXMF or
> TEXMFMAIN along with a program called "texconfig" (this was in the context
> of tetex which isn't developed anymore).
>
>
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index d4e1c9ec14..8552f6b4cb 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ Installation notes specific to Texinfo:
make TEXMF=/your/texmf install-tex
texinfo.tex is installed in ${TEXMF}/tex/texinfo/texinfo.tex, etc.
+ more detailed information is available in doc/README.
+
* On the other hand, if you're maintaining a TeX distribution and
keeping the files up to date yourself, you may not want to see the
installation warnings.
