GNU bug report logs - #23599
Including search directories for pdf and dvi

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Package: automake;

Reported by: Mohammad Akhlaghi <akhlaghi <at> gnu.org>

Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 18:04:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed

Done: Mike Frysinger <vapier <at> gentoo.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #43 received at 23599 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
To: vapier <at> gentoo.org
Cc: 23599 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23599: [PATCH 1/2] texi: pass automatic -I to dvi & pdf
 generation
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 19:50:56 -0700

    +## texi2dvi automatically fallsback to using makeinfo for expanding (-E).

s/fallsback/falls back/

    +## If texi2dvi doesn't fallback, we also pass %MAKEINFOFLAGS% directly below.

s/fallback/fall back/

    +## if it is in srcdir (-I $(srcdir) is set in %MAKEINFOFLAGS%), and in case
    +## texi2dvi automatically fallsback to using makeinfo for expanding (-E).
    +## If texi2dvi doesn't fallback, we also pass %MAKEINFOFLAGS% directly below.

Doesn't seem like the same comment should be written twice.

    ## avoid hitting a Texinfop bug that could cause low-probability racy

s/Texinfop/Texinfo/
(Not your text, but might as well fix as long as you're there)

Anyway, seems fine to me, but maybe needs test case? --thanks, karl.
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