Re: Generated GDB documentation have colliding files on a case insensitive files system

Eli Zaretskii via Gdb-patches
2023-01-09T12:24:46Z

> Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2023 07:51:17 +0100
> CC: <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
> From: Torbjorn SVENSSON <torbjorn.svensson@foss.st.com>
>
> >> I was considering if the redirect files could simply be removed from the
> >> GDB documentation tree or if they are actually used for inter components
> >> references.
> >
> > They are produced by makeinfo, and they are produced for a reason, no?
>
> According to the other thread, they are generated to easy cross linking
> the documentation. There is nothing in the documentation that will
> generate a link to any of these files, so hence the question if they are
> needed by GDB.

Maybe I'm confused, but don't you above answer your own question?
"Easy cross linking" is the reason.

> >> Even if we get a solution merged in texinfo, it will take years for it
> >> to get activity used, and in the mean while, we are stuck with this
> >> issue in GDB.
> >
> > I still don't want to make any conclusions until the Texinfo
> > discussion is completed. How do you know there's no solution with the
> > existing Texinfo versions?
>
> As I understood it, it was proved that the redirect pages were colliding
> and no way around that in current implementation, but maybe I
> misunderstood the reply...

AFAIU, it's a bug in Texinfo. I hope they will solve it at some
point.

But now let me turn the table and ask you why we as a project should
care about HTML version of the manual being installed on MS-Windows?

Having said that, I have no serious objections to changing the name of
the anchor if it will solve the problem for you.