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"automake --add-missing" should not install an obsolete texinfo.tex file

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From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>
To: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
Cc: 79419 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#79419: "automake --add-missing" should not install an obsolete texinfo.tex file
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 10:48:25 +0200

On 2025-09-10 15:11:58 -0600, Karl Berry wrote:
> For example, one could imagine running kpsewhich texinfo.tex and
> comparing versions (already prone to problems) ... but you might be
> making a test or other hierarchy where you explicitly do not want the
> behavior to depend on what the current system has installed.

"kpsewhich texinfo.tex" seems to be a way to get the correct path.
But if there is any problem with it, I'm wondering whether the path
should be provided at Automake build time (possibly as a list of
directories, as usual search paths): it would be provided either
by a distribution or by a user who builds Automake.

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