From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from xry111.site (xry111.site [89.208.246.23]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 69FCF3858C2A; Tue, 29 Aug 2023 16:09:58 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 69FCF3858C2A Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=xry111.site Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=xry111.site DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=xry111.site; s=default; t=1693325397; bh=K5xwyd0Q2fC1cop4WstFx3CyUq5GRB5GOpZfWZ8a2bk=; h=Subject:From:To:Cc:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=DKWmKszcejmstD/hAsrvCKhXxnQZ6Z6krES6lCgEAjvPhPjN8O6ZfdTKATub9DqWb nexUsJMpzrGu94+JAlICt62GfdKJAt87NZTgtnMlKMKQK2QTKo0TTXTejCO0YZim8J pfd55pL2183MOtO2DhMtivimT9YvNPVtKZgc6Elc= Received: from [IPv6:240e:358:11fb:ee00:dc73:854d:832e:2] (unknown [IPv6:240e:358:11fb:ee00:dc73:854d:832e:2]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature ECDSA (P-384) server-digest SHA384) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: xry111@xry111.site) by xry111.site (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1C4FF659C0; Tue, 29 Aug 2023 12:09:52 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <5021188cc7d7aa156314201462274f057dfb3d53.camel@xry111.site> Subject: Re: RFC: Top level configure: Require a minimum version 6.8 texinfo From: Xi Ruoyao To: Eli Zaretskii , Jakub Jelinek Cc: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org, gdb-patches@sourceware.org, binutils@sourceware.org Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 00:09:47 +0800 In-Reply-To: <83o7iphm71.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87wmxd50xj.fsf@redhat.com> <83o7iphm71.fsf@gnu.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Evolution 3.48.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,LIKELY_SPAM_FROM,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS,TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: On Tue, 2023-08-29 at 19:01 +0300, Eli Zaretskii via Gcc-patches wrote: > > Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 17:45:20 +0200 > > Cc: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org, gdb-patches@sourceware.org, > > =C2=A0binutils@sourceware.org > > From: Jakub Jelinek via Gdb-patches > >=20 > > On Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 04:21:44PM +0100, Nick Clifton via Gcc-patches = wrote: > > > =C2=A0 Currently the top level configure.ac file sets the minimum req= uired > > > =C2=A0 version of texinfo to be 4.7.=C2=A0 I would like to propose ch= anging this > > > =C2=A0 to 6.8. > > > =C2=A0=20 > > > =C2=A0 The reason for the change is that the bfd documentation now ne= eds at > > > =C2=A0 least version 6.8 in order to build[1][2].=C2=A0 Given that 4.= 7 is now > > > =C2=A0 almost 20 years old (it was released in April 2004), updating = the > > > =C2=A0 requirement to a newer version does seem reasonable.=C2=A0 On = the other > > > =C2=A0 hand 6.8 is quite new (it was released in March 2021), so a lo= t of > > > =C2=A0 systems out there may not have it. > > >=20 > > > =C2=A0 Thoughts ? > >=20 > > I think that is too new. >=20 > It _is_ new.=C2=A0 But I also don't understand why Nick thinks he needs > Texinfo 6.8.=C2=A0 AFAIR, makeinfo supported @node lines without explicit > pointers since at least version 4.8.=C2=A0 I have on my disk the manual > produced for Emacs 22.1, where the Texinfo sources have no pointers, > e.g.: >=20 > =C2=A0 @node Abbrev Concepts >=20 > and the corresponding Info file says: >=20 > =C2=A0 This is ../info/emacs, produced by makeinfo version 4.8 from emacs= .texi. >=20 > So I'm not sure what exactly is the feature that requires Texinfo 6.8. > What am I missing? FWIW I tried building Binutils-2.41 with Texinfo 6.7 and it built successfully. --=20 Xi Ruoyao School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University