Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 16:25:52 +0000 (   )
From: "Gurunandan R. Bhat" <grbhat AT unigoa DOT ernet DOT in>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Cc: Ralph Proctor <ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: "makeinfo --force"
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On Mon, 27 Jul 1998, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> 
> On Sun, 26 Jul 1998, Gurunandan R. Bhat wrote:
> 
> > 2) Change the default names of info files from *info-[1-21] to *.[1-21]. 
> > I had to do this so that makeinfo would not sequentially overwrite the 
> > earlier file due to identical file name modulo (8.3).
> 
> I don't understand why did you need this.  The DJGPP port of makeinfo
> doesn't create *.info-NN files when it runs without LFN support (like
> on plain DOS).  This is all automatic, no changes should be needed.

I distinctly remember that the names of all info subfiles were identical 
modulo 8.3 and that I was left with only a single file when I should have 
had about 20 or so. I then went into the texinfo source of the tutorial 
and changed the default names of all info subfiles after which it worked. 
I can tell you the details in a day or so. 

> The Makefile in the Calc distribution doesn't mention any *.info-NN
> names except in targets which aren't critical (

The names are not in the makefiles. They are in the texinfo sources which 
decide the names of the info subfiles.

> other is for the case where the Info files are created by Emacs, for
> those who don't have makeinfo.exe).

No I used the makeinfo one not the emacs one.