[Patch, Newlib/Libm] Avoid index.html and Index.html file name clash on platform like windows
Terry Guo
terry.guo@arm.com
Thu Nov 7 05:32:00 GMT 2013
> -----Original Message-----
> From: newlib-owner@sourceware.org [mailto:newlib-
> owner@sourceware.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Johnston
> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 1:41 AM
> To: newlib@sourceware.org
> Subject: Re: [Patch, Newlib/Libm] Avoid index.html and Index.html file name
> clash on platform like windows
>
> I think it is fine in libc and libm should probably do the same. The Index
> chapter in libc should not be a numbered chapter. The node refers to it
> properly.
>
> From the texinfo documentation on @unnumbered/@appendix:
>
> "Use the @unnumbered command to start a chapter-level element that
> appears without chapter numbers of any kind. Use the @appendix command
> to start an appendix that is labeled by letter (‘A’, ‘B’, …) instead of by number;
> appendices are also at the chapter level of structuring."
>
> "Write an @appendix or @unnumbered command at the beginning of a line
> and follow it on the same line by the title, just as with @chapter.
>
> -- Jeff J.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Corinna Vinschen" <vinschen@redhat.com>
> To: newlib@sourceware.org
> Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 7:53:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [Patch, Newlib/Libm] Avoid index.html and Index.html file name
> clash on platform like windows
>
> On Nov 6 11:05, Terry Guo wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > When I copy Newlib built on Ubuntu to my Windows machine which is case
> > insensitive, I ran into this filename clash issue. I checked some other GNU
> > projects like Binutils and found they already rename the node Index to
> > something else like "AS Index". This patch intends to solve same issue using
> > same approach by rename Index to "Libm Index". Tested and it works. Is it
> > ok?
>
> I think so, but I'm not a texinfo expert. I noticed that the
> equivalent lines in libc/libc.texinfo are:
>
> * Library Index::
>
> [...]
>
> @node Library Index
> @unnumbered Index
>
> Note the "Index" in the unnumbered directive. Is that a bug in
> libc/libc.texinfo, or should libm/libm.texinfo do the same?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Corinna
Thank you guys for your comments. I now updated the patch and rerun the test. No problem found. Is it OK now?
BR,
Terry
2013-11-07 Terry Guo <terry.guo@arm.com>
* libm/libm.texinfo: Rename node Index to Library Index.
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