Bug#889631: Bug#889647: mpfr 4.0 branch fails to build with texinfo.tex from automake
On 2018-02-05 15:23:08 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> I think that there are 2 possible solutions:
>
> 1. Make sure that the texinfo.tex provided in the tarball is used
> (I wonder why it gets replaced, this should be unnecessary, just
> like things such as autoreconf).
>
> 2. Patch the texinfo package using the texinfo.tex file from the
> GNU FTP site. After all, the error with @var in exponent is a bug
> in texinfo, which can affect developers of any software that would
> use a @var in exponent. The patch could probably be dropped when
> the next upstream texinfo is released.
>
> But in case of (2), you need to make sure that this texinfo.tex
> file is taken into account, not the obsolete one from automake.
In case this was not clear, I meant that in addition to the texinfo
correction, something else needs to be done in another package,
either in automake or in mpfr4, to that the right texinfo.tex file
is used to build the software. Ideally, this should be done in
automake as this could affect other software (packaged or not).
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