Automake and texi2dvi options '--output' and '--clean' (was: Re: texi2html tests are huge)

[Stefano Lattarini]

On 01/08/2012 11:44 PM, Karl Berry wrote:
>     sl> But it's very easy to roll your own by building on the
>     automake-provided test harness interface; for example:
> 
> Very nice, thanks Stefano!  Had no idea you had inflicted our
> texinfo-devel mail on yourself :).  (And I see you added yourself too,
> Sergey.  Thanks :)
> 
> Stefano, since you're here, can you look at my latest message to
> Akim and bug-texinfo about texi2dvi --output (vs. --clean, etc.).
>
> Do any changes in this area make any difference to automake?  I don't think
> so, but I'm never sure ...
>
Honestly, my knowledge of the part of the automake codebase dealing with Texinfo
stuff is very small, so I'm not sure either.  However, my bet is that if the
attached test case continues to pass with the developement version of Texinfo,
we should be quite safe.

Regards,
  Stefano

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