GNU bug report logs - #11146
texinfo: could automake start using the '--tidy' option in its dvi and pdf rules?

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Package: automake;

Reported by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 12:32:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 11146 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
To: 11146 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: texinfo-devel <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11146: texinfo: could automake start using the '--tidy' option
	in its dvi and pdf rules?
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:11:49 +0200

On 04/01/2012 02:30 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>
> Most importantly, is the '--tidy' option supported by all recently-ish
> Texinfo releases, or has it been introduced too recently to mandate its
> use in Automake-generated recipes?
>
I'll answer myself on this, by quoting the Texinfo NEWS file:

  4.9 (29 June 2007)
  * GPLv3.
  * texi2dvi:
    . new mode --build=tidy which supports compilation in a separate
      directory, where intermediate files are preserved.

So the option is almost five years old, and thus old enough to be
required in Automake 1.12.

I'll post a patch in the next days.

Thanks,
  Stefano
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