Subject: Re: texinfo files & tex
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Patrick Welche <prlw1@cam.ac.uk>
List: current-users
Date: 09/28/1998 18:42:29
Greg A. Woods wrote:
> 
> [ On Mon, September 28, 1998 at 17:20:30 (+0100), Patrick Welche wrote: ]
> > Subject: Re: texinfo files & tex
> >
> > AFAIK when you install teTeX, you get texindex and texi2dvi, so there
> > is no point having them beforehand, as installing the TeX you need
> > to run them will also install them.
> 
> Nope.  At least it's not listed in in the pkgsrc version's PLIST (and
> should not be, nor should it be installed from there).  The "current"
> teTeX distribution (0.4pl7) contains a much older (ancient) version of
> texinfo (3.9).  Packages like this that contain other variants of
> packages with the exact same filenames are evil.


% texi2dvi --version
texi2dvi (Texinfo 3.9) 1.10
% texindex --version
GNU Texindex (Texinfo 3.9) 2.1

I guess I was fooled!

Cheers,

Patrick