From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from simark.ca by simark.ca with LMTP id ja+4FaUW7mShqg0AWB0awg (envelope-from ) for ; Tue, 29 Aug 2023 12:02:45 -0400 Authentication-Results: simark.ca; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; secure) header.d=sourceware.org header.i=@sourceware.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=default header.b=h8DkYpbH; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by simark.ca (Postfix, from userid 112) id 52A621E0C2; Tue, 29 Aug 2023 12:02:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from server2.sourceware.org (ip-8-43-85-97.sourceware.org [8.43.85.97]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by simark.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 467851E092 for ; Tue, 29 Aug 2023 12:02:43 -0400 (EDT) Received: from server2.sourceware.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD8263858425 for ; Tue, 29 Aug 2023 16:02:42 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org BD8263858425 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=sourceware.org; s=default; t=1693324962; bh=Ky26Q2G0vhRN7cndNIEFqY2aM0WMppIRttA3cy/I2iM=; h=Date:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:Subject:References:List-Id: List-Unsubscribe:List-Archive:List-Post:List-Help:List-Subscribe: From:Reply-To:From; b=h8DkYpbHyVnnp6ebbci6K72myFB1e4AZj5DfxnnP3yZY8B1dRftAAMYTJepOCpkuY sGERbXv+8jWsY2SR9s9MCkh7KnIz7aSJWZ0oW8O6In6AN0zg3xvr02TTqNnvab/OUx S9s1NIAwto0L6rn+U1mBhr6QrDsvO33Oo+MaD+2c= Received: from eggs.gnu.org (eggs.gnu.org [IPv6:2001:470:142:3::10]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BFBBE3858D28; Tue, 29 Aug 2023 16:02:18 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org BFBBE3858D28 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qb1AY-0001pM-9S; Tue, 29 Aug 2023 12:02:18 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 19:01:38 +0300 Message-Id: <83o7iphm71.fsf@gnu.org> To: Jakub Jelinek Cc: nickc@redhat.com, gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org, gdb-patches@sourceware.org, binutils@sourceware.org In-Reply-To: (message from Jakub Jelinek via Gdb-patches on Tue, 29 Aug 2023 17:45:20 +0200) Subject: Re: RFC: Top level configure: Require a minimum version 6.8 texinfo References: <87wmxd50xj.fsf@redhat.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: gdb-patches@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.30 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb-patches mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , From: Eli Zaretskii via Gdb-patches Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii Errors-To: gdb-patches-bounces+public-inbox=simark.ca@sourceware.org Sender: "Gdb-patches" > Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 17:45:20 +0200 > Cc: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org, gdb-patches@sourceware.org, > binutils@sourceware.org > From: Jakub Jelinek via Gdb-patches > > On Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 04:21:44PM +0100, Nick Clifton via Gcc-patches wrote: > > Currently the top level configure.ac file sets the minimum required > > version of texinfo to be 4.7. I would like to propose changing this > > to 6.8. > > > > The reason for the change is that the bfd documentation now needs at > > least version 6.8 in order to build[1][2]. Given that 4.7 is now > > almost 20 years old (it was released in April 2004), updating the > > requirement to a newer version does seem reasonable. On the other > > hand 6.8 is quite new (it was released in March 2021), so a lot of > > systems out there may not have it. > > > > Thoughts ? > > I think that is too new. It _is_ new. But I also don't understand why Nick thinks he needs Texinfo 6.8. AFAIR, makeinfo supported @node lines without explicit pointers since at least version 4.8. I have on my disk the manual produced for Emacs 22.1, where the Texinfo sources have no pointers, e.g.: @node Abbrev Concepts and the corresponding Info file says: This is ../info/emacs, produced by makeinfo version 4.8 from emacs.texi. So I'm not sure what exactly is the feature that requires Texinfo 6.8. What am I missing?