Re: Fix an error during "./configure; make dist"

[Gavin Smith]

On Sat, Aug 10, 2024 at 04:23:29PM +0200, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 10, 2024 at 12:52:43PM +0200, Bruno Haible wrote:
> > For the gnulib part, this is now fixed. Thanks for the report.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> With Gavin change and some more I did on other generated files, we are
> down to a difference in pdf files but also a difference in *.pot files
> in POT-Creation-Date, which seems to be updated at each make dist.  I
> attach the diff.
> 
> I had a look at internet on the POT-Creation-Date subject but found
> nothing clear.  I don't know if it is the reason, but I think that some
> files with translated strings are regenerated.
> 
> Any idea on what to do on that subject?  We could consider that it is
> not an issue, for example.

If the .pot files are deleted as part of this check it makes sense that
the newly generated .pot files would have different time stamps.

The .pdf files appear identical when viewed in a PDF reader.  They are
also exactly the same size:

$ /bin/ls -l 
../in_source_dist_contents/texinfo-7.1.90/doc/refcard/txirefcard-a4.pdf 
texinfo-7.1.90/doc/refcard/txirefcard-a4.pdf 
-rw-rw-r-- 1 g g 103268 Aug 10 15:48 
../in_source_dist_contents/texinfo-7.1.90/doc/refcard/txirefcard-a4.pdf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 g g 103268 Aug 10 15:50 
texinfo-7.1.90/doc/refcard/txirefcard-a4.pdf

- and the differences are either timestamps or an "ID" which I assume is
insignificant:

$ diff -a 
../in_source_dist_contents/texinfo-7.1.90/doc/refcard/txirefcard-a4.pdf 
texinfo-7.1.90/doc/refcard/txirefcard-a4.pdf 
928,929c928,929
< <rdf:Description rdf:about="" 
xmlns:xmp='http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/'><xmp:ModifyDate>2024-08-10T15:48:32+01:00</xmp:ModifyDate>
< <xmp:CreateDate>2024-08-10T15:48:32+01:00</xmp:CreateDate>
---
> <rdf:Description rdf:about="" 
> xmlns:xmp='http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/'><xmp:ModifyDate>2024-08-10T15:50:39+01:00</xmp:ModifyDate>
> <xmp:CreateDate>2024-08-10T15:50:39+01:00</xmp:CreateDate>
931c931
< <rdf:Description rdf:about="" xmlns:xapMM='http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/' 
xapMM:DocumentID='uuid:29c9d475-8f44-11fa-0000-dfc73c7a0220'/>
---
> <rdf:Description rdf:about="" xmlns:xapMM='http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/' 
> xapMM:DocumentID='uuid:757c7df6-8f44-11fa-0000-dfc73c7a0220'/>
942,943c942,943
< /CreationDate(D:20240810154832+01'00')
< /ModDate(D:20240810154832+01'00')
---
> /CreationDate(D:20240810155039+01'00')
> /ModDate(D:20240810155039+01'00')
1029c1029
< /ID [<F4AA9A9C7B9A55D0BB76EDADAA6CA3DF><F4AA9A9C7B9A55D0BB76EDADAA6CA3DF>]
---
> /ID [<CA2C369A4638B2632BC613B46994D776><CA2C369A4638B2632BC613B46994D776>]


When I ran the commands you listed in an earlier email, there were several
other differences reported in "build_in_out_source_differences.diff":


diff -u -r ../in_source_dist_contents/texinfo-7.1.90/tp/Texinfo/Commands.pm 
texinfo-7.1.90/tp/Texinfo/Commands.pm
--- ../in_source_dist_contents/texinfo-7.1.90/tp/Texinfo/Commands.pm    
2024-08-10 15:48:05.000000000 +0100
+++ texinfo-7.1.90/tp/Texinfo/Commands.pm       2024-08-10 15:50:09.000000000 
+0100
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Automatically generated from ./maintain/regenerate_commands_perl_info.pl
+# Automatically generated from 
../../tp/maintain/regenerate_commands_perl_info.pl
 
 package Texinfo::Commands;
 
I think this difference is fine.

I don't think there are any problems here to be fixed.