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patch: Ensure that makeinfo ≥ 6.8 checks the @menu structure

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>, 64233-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64233: patch: Ensure that makeinfo ≥ 6.8 checks the @menu structure
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 23:27:51 +0100

On 22/06/2023 23:05, Bruno Haible wrote:
> Makeinfo versions < 6.7 detected mistakes in the @menu structure of TeXinfo
> input. Makeinfo versions ≥ 6.8 don't do this any more by default. They need
> an extra option, for this validation to happen. See
> <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-texinfo/2023-06/msg00015.html>.
> 
> Since doc/coreutils.texi has a hand-written @menu, it should use this extra
> option.
> 
> Here's a patch to that effect. I checked it by running
>    touch doc/coreutils.texi; make doc/coreutils.info V=1
> and
>    make sc_makefile_at_at_check


coreutils has a dep on makeinfo >= 6.1
and that version supports the -c option,
so the change should work everywhere.

Pushed.

Marking this as done.

thanks!
Pádraig

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