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[groff] 01/14: ChangeLog: Update and clarify old entries.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 01/14: ChangeLog: Update and clarify old entries.
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2021 13:06:12 -0500 (EST)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 36bda4392eb2aade997a09578defb4fb897eddde
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Thu Nov 25 17:59:26 2021 +1100

    ChangeLog: Update and clarify old entries.
    
    * Document a fix in groff(7) and credit Bjarni and Tadziu.
    * Clarify when the absence of 'makeinfo' will be complained about.
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 ChangeLog | 17 +++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 27d5508..630d4c1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@
 
 2021-11-23  G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
 
-       * doc/groff.texi (Page Motions): Fix error: the `\r`, `\u`, and
-       `\d` escape sequences move in ems, not vees, despite being
-       vertical motions.  Add discussion and example.
+       * doc/groff.texi (Page Motions):
+       * man/groff.7.man (Escape short reference): Fix error: the `\r`,
+       `\u`, and `\d` escape sequences move in ems, not vees, despite
+       being vertical motions.  Add discussion and example.  Thanks to
+       Bjarni Ingi Gislason for pointing out the problem in groff(7)
+       and Tadziu Hoffman for his lucid explanation.
 
 2021-11-20  G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
 
@@ -147,9 +150,11 @@
        * m4/groff.m4 (GROFF_MAKEINFO): Stop throwing a warning if the
        installed `makeinfo` is old but the distributed Info manual is
        up to date.  This is not a configure-time problem; the user will
-       be notified when they run 'make doc'.  Empty the `MAKEINFO`
-       variable immediately if a too-old version is detected.  Drop
-       needless `AC_SUBST`itution of the detected `makeinfo` version.
+       be notified when they run 'make' if they modify doc/groff.texi,
+       or if they run 'make doc' (which has required a TeX installation
+       for years).  Empty the `MAKEINFO` variable immediately if a
+       too-old version is detected.  Drop needless `AC_SUBST`itution of
+       the detected `makeinfo` version.
 
 2021-11-12  G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
 



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