Re: texinfo not happy with texlive not producing log?

[Gavin Smith]

On 30 October 2016 at 17:43, Liviu Ionescu <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> On 30 Oct 2016, at 10:16, Gavin Smith <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> ... Is etex creating a log file?
>
> apparently not.
>
> I tried with the following lines, from the openocd build:
>
> ilg-mbp:tmp ilg$ mkdir tex
> ilg-mbp:tmp ilg$ cd tex
> ilg-mbp:tex ilg$ export 
> PATH=/Users/ilg/Work/no-backup/texlive/install/bin:$PATH
> ilg-mbp:tex ilg$ /Users/ilg/opt/homebrew-gae/bin/texi2dvi --pdf --batch -o 
> openocd.pdf /Users/ilg/Work/openocd/gnuarmeclipse-openocd.git/doc/openocd.texi
> /Users/ilg/opt/homebrew-gae/bin/texi2dvi: TeX neither supports -recorder nor 
> outputs \openout lines in its log file
> ilg-mbp:tex ilg$ ls -l
> ilg-mbp:tex ilg$
> ilg-mbp:tex ilg$ /Users/ilg/opt/homebrew-gae/bin/texi2dvi --version
> texi2dvi (GNU Texinfo 6.3) 7353
> ...
> ilg-mbp:tex ilg$ which etex
> /Users/ilg/Work/no-backup/texlive/install/bin/etex
> ilg-mbp:tex ilg$ etex --version
> pdfTeX 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.17 (TeX Live 2016)
> kpathsea version 6.2.2
> ...
> Compiled with libpng 1.6.21; using libpng 1.6.21
> Compiled with zlib 1.2.8; using zlib 1.2.8
> Compiled with xpdf version 3.04
> ilg-mbp:tex ilg$
>
>
> the test uses my compiled texlive, the homebrew texinfo, and the openocd tex 
> file.
>
> if you can suggest a more relevant test, please let me know and I'll try it.

Maybe

$ pdfetex /Users/ilg/Work/openocd/gnuarmeclipse-openocd.git/doc/openocd.texi

or

$ etex /Users/ilg/Work/openocd/gnuarmeclipse-openocd.git/doc/openocd.texi

and see if a log file is created.