Re: warnings with cvs texinfo version

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:24:51 +0200
> From: Patrice Dumas <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 07:17:40PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > > > > ./gdb.texinfo:11503: warning: @strong{Note...} produces a spurious 
> > > > > cross-reference in Info
> > > > 
> > > > No, it doesn't, not with a colon immediately following the "Note".
> > > 
> > > My testing shows that it indeed does, at least with info (GNU texinfo)
> > > 4.13.
> > > 
> > >      *Note*: a trace experiment and data collection may stop
> > > 
> > > -----Info: (gdb.info)Starting and Stopping Trace Experiments, 123 lines 
> > > --10%-- 
> > > Cannot find node `a trace experiment and data collection may stop 
> > > automatically
> > 
> > Then perhaps the stand-alone Info reader should be fixed instead.
> 
> I don't think so.  If I am not wrong, a colon means that there is a label 
> before the node name, but it still leads to a cross reference.

That's true, but an asterisk '*' cannot be a valid label, and there
should be a blank after "*Note" before the label.

FWIW, the Emacs Info reader doesn't have any problems figuring out
that this isn't a cross-reference.  So perhaps the stand-alone reader
should follow suit.