[PATCH] INSTALL: Regenerate with texinfo 7.2

[Andreas K. Huettel]

Am Mittwoch, 14. Mai 2025, 23:11:15 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit schrieb Mark Wielaard:
> This fixes make dist on systems with the latest texinfo installed.
> GNU texinfo 7.2 changes @xrefs in proper plain text sentences instead
> of pseudo info references.

Makes a lot of sense (& sorry for the delay). Thanks Mark and Collin.

Reviewed-by: Andreas K. Huettel <dilfridge@gentoo.org>


> ---
>  INSTALL | 19 +++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
> index 2c39c32d4a81..1c4d4b990fb1 100644
> --- a/INSTALL
> +++ b/INSTALL
> @@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ and describes problems you may experience with compilation and
>  installation.
>  
>     You will need recent versions of several GNU tools: definitely GCC
> -and GNU Make, and possibly others.  *Note Tools for Compilation::,
> -below.
> +and GNU Make, and possibly others.  See Tools for Compilation, below.
>  
>  Configuring and compiling the GNU C Library
>  ===========================================
> @@ -213,8 +212,8 @@ passed to 'configure'.  For example:
>       slightly increased program load times.
>  
>  '--enable-pt_chown'
> -     The file 'pt_chown' is a helper binary for 'grantpt' (*note
> -     Pseudo-Terminals: Allocation.) that is installed setuid root to fix
> +     The file 'pt_chown' is a helper binary for 'grantpt' (see
> +     Pseudo-Terminals: Allocation) that is installed setuid root to fix
>       up pseudo-terminal ownership on GNU/Hurd.  It is not required on
>       GNU/Linux, and the GNU C Library will not use the installed
>       'pt_chown' program when configured with '--enable-pt_chown'.
> @@ -309,10 +308,10 @@ an appropriate numeric parameter to 'make'.  You need a recent GNU
>     To build and run test programs which exercise some of the library
>  facilities, type 'make check'.  If it does not complete successfully, do
>  not use the built library, and report a bug after verifying that the
> -problem is not already known.  *Note Reporting Bugs::, for instructions
> -on reporting bugs.  Note that some of the tests assume they are not
> -being run by 'root'.  We recommend you compile and test the GNU C
> -Library as an unprivileged user.
> +problem is not already known.  See Reporting Bugs, for instructions on
> +reporting bugs.  Note that some of the tests assume they are not being
> +run by 'root'.  We recommend you compile and test the GNU C Library as
> +an unprivileged user.
>  
>     Before reporting bugs make sure there is no problem with your system.
>  The tests (and later installation) use some pre-existing files of the
> @@ -675,8 +674,8 @@ Unix C libraries permit things that we don't, such as closing a file
>  twice.
>  
>     If you think you have found some way in which the GNU C Library does
> -not conform to the ISO and POSIX standards (*note Standards and
> -Portability::), that is definitely a bug.  Report it!
> +not conform to the ISO and POSIX standards (see Standards and
> +Portability), that is definitely a bug.  Report it!
>  
>     Once you're sure you've found a bug, try to narrow it down to the
>  smallest test case that reproduces the problem.  In the case of a C
> 


-- 
Andreas K. Hüttel
dilfridge@gentoo.org
Gentoo Linux developer
(council, toolchain, base-system, perl, libreoffice)
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