GNU bug report logs - #23611
generating pdf manuals fails with TeX capacity exceeded

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 17:39:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.0.94

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 23611 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Gnulib bugs <bug-gnulib <at> gnu.org>, Texinfo <bug-texinfo <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#23611: texinfo.tex 2016-05-07.20: "Tex capacity exceeded" with Emacs manuals
Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 14:17:20 -0700

On 05/26/2016 11:41 AM, Gavin Smith wrote:
> OK, I got the same problem with the files you sent. I've committed and
> uploaded a new version that reverses the change, so @value is expanded
> at the time of writing again. Undefined @value's, when used in index
> entries, should not cause failures, either. It's quite possible that
> there is some combination that breaks, but it seems to work better for
> the files I tried.

Thanks, I verified that the new texinfo.tex works for GNU Emacs master 
'make pdf', and installed it there.
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