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

Gavin Smith <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.tex.texinfo.bugs
Message-ID <aW_awZM4bbKEygHI@orangestar>
On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 09:38:22PM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > > I wrote such a batch file, it is an almost exact equivalent of the
> > > manual-not-found shell script.
> > > 
> > > On significant change I needed to make is to place the small Awk
> > > program used by the script on a separate file.  That's because command
> > > lines on Windows cannot include embedded newlines.  If that is okay, I
> > > can send a patch to add the batch file and the necessary glue to
> > > Makefile.am.
> > 
> > Yes, that sounds fine.
> 
> OK, will send in a couple of days.
> 
> > Could you put installing the batch file and Awk program in a condition
> > so it is only installed on Windows?
> 
> Is using the HOST_IS_WINDOWS thingy for this okay?

Yes, that Automake conditional is used in several places in our Makefile.am
files.
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