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[PATCH 1/2] binutils/doc: Remove '.info' suffix in @ref, etc.

Jan Beulich jbeulich@suse.com
Wed May 14 06:09:30 GMT 2025 
On 13.05.2025 18:23, Collin Funk wrote:
> Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com> writes:
> 
>> Hmm, [1] isn't really a proof that _all_ older versions do so. Just to
>> clarify - my worry is that older tools might not produce properly working
>> output with this change.
> 
> Is there a minimumn supported Texinfo version?
> 
> I just installed a Texinfo 5.0 tarball (released 2013) on a Debain 9
> Stretch system and it created the proper references with my patch. I
> think most users will have something newer than that.

Most - yes. I, for one, have 4.13 only on my regularly used system, and
for pure 32-bit testing I continue to rely on a yet older one.

Anyway - I guess both patches are okay to put in. In the worst case we
can revert and then figure a different solution.

Jan
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