Could there be a texinfo test that users can run after setting texmf to determine if the installation was successful or not?
> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2021 at 5:33 AM > From: "Patrice Dumas" <[email protected]> > To: "Gavin Smith" <[email protected]>, "Norbert Preining" > <[email protected]>, "Christopher Dimech" <[email protected]>, "Texinfo" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: texinfo-6.7.92 pretest > > 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). > > > > >
