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Re: [platform-testers] new snapshot available: sed-4.3.22-3dc4c


From: Jim Meyering
Subject: Re: [platform-testers] new snapshot available: sed-4.3.22-3dc4c
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2017 16:17:15 -0800

On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 11:54 PM, Assaf Gordon <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello Jim,
>
>> On Feb 2, 2017, at 19:27, Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>  http://meyering.net/sed/sed-4.3.22-3dc4c.tar.xz
>
> I'm sorry to report a small regression in the texinfo file:
> On systems with old makeinfo (version 4.8), the build fails with:
>
> =====
> MAKEINFO ./doc/sed.info
> ./doc/sed.texi:3461: @xref expected braces.
> ./doc/sed.texi:3461: ` {Execution Cycle} and @ref{Addresses ov...' is too 
> long for expansion; not expanded.
> ./doc/sed.texi:3461: First argument to cross-reference may not be empty.
> ./doc/sed.texi:3257: Next reference to nonexistent node `Examples' (perhaps 
> incorrect sectioning?).
> ./doc/sed.texi:3449: Cross reference to nonexistent node `Line length 
> adjustment' (perhaps incorrect sectioning?).
> ./doc/sed.texi:3448: Cross reference to nonexistent node `Text search across 
> multiple lines' (perhaps incorrect sectioning?).
> ./doc/sed.texi:1502: Cross reference to nonexistent node 
> `N_command_last_line' (perhaps incorrect sectioning?).
> ./doc/sed.texi:330: Cross reference to nonexistent node `Reporting Bugs' 
> (perhaps incorrect sectioning?).
> ./doc/sed.texi:83: Menu reference to nonexistent node `Command and Option 
> Index' (perhaps incorrect sectioning?).
> ./doc/sed.texi:82: Menu reference to nonexistent node `Concept Index' 
> (perhaps incorrect sectioning?).
> ./doc/sed.texi:81: Menu reference to nonexistent node `GNU Free Documentation 
> License' (perhaps incorrect sectioning?).
> ./doc/sed.texi:80: Menu reference to nonexistent node `Reporting Bugs' 
> (perhaps incorrect sectioning?).
> ./doc/sed.texi:79: Menu reference to nonexistent node `Other Resources' 
> (perhaps incorrect sectioning?).
> ./doc/sed.texi:78: Menu reference to nonexistent node `Limitations' (perhaps 
> incorrect sectioning?).
> ./doc/sed.texi:77: Menu reference to nonexistent node `Examples' (perhaps 
> incorrect sectioning?).
> makeinfo: Removing output file `./doc/sed.info-t' due to errors; use --force 
> to preserve.
> *** Error 1 in . (Makefile:2844 './doc/sed.info')
> *** Error 1 in . (Makefile:3052 'all-recursive')
> *** Error 1 in /tmp/sed-4.3.22-3dc4c.SPmVYj/sed-4.3.22-3dc4c (Makefile:2159 
> 'all')
> =====
>
> First,
> The attached patch fixes it (only need to remove the space after the @xref).

Glad you noticed it. Please push.

> Second,
> The more interesting question is why didn't it fail before (in sed-4.3.20)
> since the texinfo file didn't change (and already contained this problem).
>
> The only reason I could find is that in this new tarball,
> somehow 'doc/stamp-vti' is newer than 'doc/version.texi' and 'doc/sed.info',
> which perhaps causes 'make' to try and regenerate the info file ?
> This is a long-shot but I couldn't find any other difference...
>
> ====
> $ tar -tvf sed-4.3.20-e9ab.tar.xz | grep -E 'doc/.*(stamp|texi|info)'
> -rw-r--r-- 0/0             111 2017-01-31 13:29 sed-4.3.20-e9ab/doc/stamp-vti
> -rw-r--r-- 0/0             957 2016-12-10 01:40 
> sed-4.3.20-e9ab/doc/config.texi
> -rw-r--r-- 0/0             111 2017-01-31 13:29 
> sed-4.3.20-e9ab/doc/version.texi
> -rw-r--r-- 0/0          196972 2017-01-31 13:29 sed-4.3.20-e9ab/doc/sed.info
> -rw-r--r-- 0/0          152955 2017-01-31 12:31 sed-4.3.20-e9ab/doc/sed.texi
> -rw-r--r-- 0/0           23432 2017-01-17 00:35 sed-4.3.20-e9ab/doc/fdl.texi
>
> $ tar -tvf sed-4.3.22-3dc4c.tar.xz | grep -E 'doc/.*(stamp|texi|info)'
> -rw-r--r-- 0/0             113 2017-02-02 19:15 sed-4.3.22-3dc4c/doc/stamp-vti
> -rw-r--r-- 0/0             957 2016-12-10 01:40 
> sed-4.3.22-3dc4c/doc/config.texi
> -rw-r--r-- 0/0             113 2017-02-02 15:01 
> sed-4.3.22-3dc4c/doc/version.texi
> -rw-r--r-- 0/0          196974 2017-02-02 15:01 sed-4.3.22-3dc4c/doc/sed.info
> -rw-r--r-- 0/0          152955 2017-01-31 16:46 sed-4.3.22-3dc4c/doc/sed.texi
> -rw-r--r-- 0/0           23432 2017-01-17 00:35 sed-4.3.22-3dc4c/doc/fdl.texi
> ====

Could be. I haven't investigated recently.

> Other than this, there are no new regressions compared to the previews 
> snapshot sed-4.3.20 .

Thank you for the testing.



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