Bug#534458: Any workaround ?

[Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com>]

On Wed, Jul 03, 2013 at 05:04:24PM -0700, Jean Tourrilhes wrote:
> 	Hi,
> 
> 	I'm being hit by this bug. Is there any workaround available ?
> I'm interested in fixes that I can put in either the Makefile or the
> TeX document to defeat this bug.
> 	Thanks in advance !
> 
> 	Jean

	By the way, what's wrong with this patch :

--- texi2dvi.old        2013-07-03 17:50:29.000000000 -0700
+++ texi2dvi    2013-07-03 17:51:22.000000000 -0700
@@ -1763,6 +1763,10 @@ do
 
   # `texinfo' or `latex'?
   in_lang=`compute_language "$command_line_filename"`
+  case $in_lang in
+    latex)   catcode_special=false;;
+    texinfo) return;;
+  esac
 
   # An auxiliary directory used for all the auxiliary tasks involved
   # in compiling this document.