Re: on using `makeinfo --no-split' to solve filename conflicts

[Richard Dawe]

Hello.

Zaretskii Eli wrote:
[snip]
> > From: Alexandre Duret-Lutz [mailto:address@hidden
> > Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 10:40 PM
> >
> >  >> What else could I do so these files do not conflict on system
> >  >> like DJGPP, with 8+3 filenames?
> >
> >  Zaretskii> When `makeinfo' runs on a 8+3 filesystem, it automatically
> >  Zaretskii> produces automake.i1, automake.i2, etc. instead
> > of automake.info-*
> >  Zaretskii> files.  If you need to do this on Windows, set
> > LFN=n in the
> >  Zaretskii> environment before running `makeinfo'.
> >
> > Ok, but I'm not really concerned by what the DJGPP port of
> > makeinfo does when it runs [*], since most autoconfiscated
> > projects ship with info files already built.
> >
> > For instance
> >   ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/automake-1.7.2b.tar.gz
> > comes with automake.info, automake.info-1, automake.info-2, etc.
> >
> > What happens when you unpack this tarball?  Does tar
> > automatically renames these files?
> 
> If you unpack with DJTAR, a program supplied with DJGPP, it will
> indeed rename the files.
[snip]

Unless I'm mistaken: For automatic renaming don't we need to point djtar at a
mapping file for the filenames (conventionally called fnchange.lst). Otherwise
djtar will prompt the user for the new filename(s).

IMHO the automake info docs should be generated using --no-split.

Thanks, bye, Rich =]

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Richard Dawe [ http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/ ]