Re: Texinfo 7.2.90 build with mingw.org's MinGW: testing

> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 13:03:27 +0100
> From: [email protected]
> Cc: Gavin Smith <[email protected]>, [email protected]
> 
> > Oh, so the "--enable-c-texi2any" configure-time option defaults to
> > "no", not to "detect"?  I thought it defaults to "detect", because
> > "./configure --help" says "Use texi2any program implemented in C if
> > possible", and I see ctexi2any.exe was built as part of the build, so
> > evidently that _was_ possible.
> 
> Indeed, whether ctexi2any.exe can be build is detected.
> "--enable-c-texi2any" is not about building ctexi2any, but whether it is
> this implementaiton of texi2any rather than the Perl one that it used in
> tests and is installed.  There is no "detect" value for this option,
> actually, as it does not make sense.  I think that it is the --help
> message that is misleading.
> 
> What about:
>  "Use texi2any program implemented in C if built"

Yes, that's better.  Maybe also change the name of the option, since
options that start with --enable or --disable are usually for optional
features that are used if enabled.

> >  Then why isn't it used by the test
> > suite (and not installed, as I say in my previous message)?
> 
> For now, we prefer testing and installing the Perl implementation.  The
> speed difference is minimal, and the Perl implementation is better tested.
> 
> As long as there is a need of Perl for indices sorting, the two
> implementations are gonna be similar.

OK, thanks.  But if ctexi2any is not installed, neither should be the
DLLs that it uses, libtexinfo*.dll, right?  Or are they used by some
other parts of the package?