Re: [Groff] groff CVS now needs texinfo 4.8

[Keith MARSHALL]

>>> In the CVS I've updated groff.texinfo to use texinfo 4.8 --
>>> unfortunately, it no longer works with older versions (causing an
>>> endless loop on my Linux box which finally aborts due to a
>>> segfault).
>> 
>> This is bad news, for those of us building groff on MS-Windows :-(
> 
> Well, it is bad news only for CVS users on MS-Windows.  A release
> already contains the info files (which can be displayed with info
> 4.6).

Agreed; this is what I meant, implicitly.  Sorry if it wasn't clear.

As an aside, will info 4.8 be required to to read the info files
generated by makeinfo 4.8?  I currently use info 4.3, as supplied
with MSYS, in conjunction with makeinfo 4.6 from GnuWin32, without
problem -- I had problems with with the GnuWin32 info 4.6, which,
alas, I neglected to report on the appropriate mailing list,
until now.
 
>> I guess the interim work around, until Kees ports texinfo 4.8, will
>> be to build first on my Linux box, and copy the generated info files
>> to my Win32 build host, before invoking 'make'; for me, this will be
>> a minor inconvenience, but it won't help users who don't have access
>> to a Linux box.
> 
> I've uploaded groff.info.tar.bz2 and the current groff.pdf to
> 
>   groff.ffii.org/groff/devel
 
Thanks Werner.  This should at least give MS-Windows users, who build
from CVS, a source for the prebuilt info files, which they can use
until a working texinfo 4.8 becomes available.

Best regards,
Keith.