Bug#495577: texi2dvi doesn't seem to like paths with embedded tildes (~)

[Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de>]

On 18.08.08 Ivan Shmakov (ivan@theory.asu.ru) wrote:

> Package: texinfo
> Version: 4.8.dfsg.1-4
> Severity: minor
> 
> 	Consider, e. g.:
> 
> $ pwd 
> /tmp/foo~bar
> $ cat hello.texi 
> % Hello, world!
> $ texi2dvi hello.texi 
> This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.30.5-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5)
>  file:line:error style messages enabled.
> entering extended mode
> ! I can't find file `/tmp/foo'.
> <to be read again> 
>                    \penalty 
> ~->\penalty 
>             \@M \ 
> <*> /tmp/foo~
>              bar/hello.texi
> Please type another input file name: 
> 
Another incarnation of #483966 and friends. I'm leaving this bug now
on texinfo to make sure, we won't get it a fourth time.

H.
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