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Re: Conditional info_TEXINFOS
>>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au> writes:
Kevin> I think it should create and distribute the info files
Kevin> unconditionally, but only install (or uninstall) them under
Kevin> WANT_FOO.
>> I'd prefer not to add a special case like this.
Kevin> Oh, is distributing them unconditionally a special case? I
Kevin> don't see any other way if makeinfo is not to be required when
Kevin> building.
The special case is creating them unconditionally. Though now I
wonder if `dist' really works in the presence of conditional sources.
Hmm.
It is assumed that the person running `make dist' will be a maintainer
and have maintainer tools. If not you are in trouble. For instance
you can ship a package where configure is out of date if you try hard
enough.
Tom