Currently, toolchain-autoconf_src_install calls slot_info_pages, which in turn, breaks info pages. A similar thing happens in Automake, to a smaller extent. By inserting new data into the info pages the tag table of the document now goes out of date and progressively starts to skew further and further from correct as the document goes on. IMO, this entire slotting mechanism only causes trouble, even if this particular bug was fixed, by breaking xrefs. Could we move to using INFO_PATH to slot this? .. that would also in turn fix the `info autoconf' invocations, which currently go to the autoconf invocation page. This, of course, obscures older versions of the pages, but I think that's okay for two reasons: 1. We already don't have the older verisons of Automake (but should keep slotting logic, it really helps with GCC work :), and 2. There's precedent, as even GCC does this, and older pages can be opened explicitly if need be. What do you think? P.S: I had initially written to bug-texinfo@gnu.org about this, presuming that the pages are valid since Emacs could open them. Here's the thread: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-texinfo/2023-03/msg00053.html I also asked for opinions on slotting there.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=d685a4e4ed92516f535b64cf7fe9f599e6ddf8aa commit d685a4e4ed92516f535b64cf7fe9f599e6ddf8aa Author: Arsen Arsenović <arsen@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-03-26 12:29:11 +0000 Commit: Arsen Arsenović <arsen@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-03-27 20:36:54 +0000 sys-devel/automake: Fix installing broken Info pages This commit replaces the Info page slotting mechanism with simple INFOPATH setting. Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/902461 Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/30355 Signed-off-by: Arsen Arsenović <arsen@gentoo.org> sys-devel/automake/automake-1.11.6-r4.ebuild | 84 +++++++++++++++++++ sys-devel/automake/automake-1.16.5-r1.ebuild | 119 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ sys-devel/automake/automake-9999.ebuild | 48 ++++------- 3 files changed, 220 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-) https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=8a1b8b22c71b9c3ce843bd0dc768bc71fec30806 commit 8a1b8b22c71b9c3ce843bd0dc768bc71fec30806 Author: Arsen Arsenović <arsen@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-03-26 08:46:51 +0000 Commit: Arsen Arsenović <arsen@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-03-27 20:27:12 +0000 sys-devel/autoconf: Add revisions without Info path breaking Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/902461 Signed-off-by: Arsen Arsenović <arsen@gentoo.org> sys-devel/autoconf/autoconf-2.13-r8.ebuild | 59 +++++++++++++++ sys-devel/autoconf/autoconf-2.69-r9.ebuild | 63 ++++++++++++++++ sys-devel/autoconf/autoconf-2.71-r6.ebuild | 88 ++++++++++++++++++++++ ...oconf-2.72c.ebuild => autoconf-2.72c-r1.ebuild} | 0 4 files changed, 210 insertions(+) https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=d59b0c3b126f02ccaa86233e5c28c50a230875b6 commit d59b0c3b126f02ccaa86233e5c28c50a230875b6 Author: Arsen Arsenović <arsen@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-03-26 08:45:28 +0000 Commit: Arsen Arsenović <arsen@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-03-27 20:27:11 +0000 sys-devel/autoconf: Set TC_AUTOCONF_BREAK_INFOS=yes to prevent changes Recently, the toolchain-autoconf class was edited not to naively slot Info pages, breaking them in the process. To prevent existing revisions from changing contents, TC_AUTOCONF_BREAK_INFOS was added to permit using old behavior currently. Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/902461 Signed-off-by: Arsen Arsenović <arsen@gentoo.org> sys-devel/autoconf/autoconf-2.13-r2.ebuild | 4 +++- sys-devel/autoconf/autoconf-2.13-r7.ebuild | 4 +++- sys-devel/autoconf/autoconf-2.69-r5.ebuild | 4 +++- sys-devel/autoconf/autoconf-2.69-r8.ebuild | 4 +++- sys-devel/autoconf/autoconf-2.71-r1.ebuild | 4 +++- sys-devel/autoconf/autoconf-2.71-r5.ebuild | 4 +++- 6 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=8839833a322cc2776225c20de422b38540a5d27f commit 8839833a322cc2776225c20de422b38540a5d27f Author: Arsen Arsenović <arsen@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-03-26 08:40:17 +0000 Commit: Arsen Arsenović <arsen@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-03-27 20:27:11 +0000 toolchain-autoconf.eclass: Add option to disable Info slotting Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/902461 Signed-off-by: Arsen Arsenović <arsen@gentoo.org> eclass/toolchain-autoconf.eclass | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
