Re: Development Tree lacking @bsixpaper

[Gavin Smith]

On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 12:35:42PM +0100, Christopher Dimech wrote:
> 
> 
> > Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 12:25 PM
> > From: "Gavin Smith" <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
> > To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> > Cc: help-texinfo@gnu.org
> > Subject: Re: Development Tree lacking  @bsixpaper
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 12:04:28PM +0100, Christopher Dimech wrote:
> > > @bsixpaper works if I put texinfo.texi in the local directory.
> > >
> > > When using @smallbook, I get smallbook, but when I remove
> > > @smallbook and call @bsixpaper, I am getting @afourpaper
> > >
> > >
> > > @ifclear InclFl--Chmed
> > > \input texinfo
> > > @set TlPage--Chmed
> > > @set FMatr--Chmed
> > > @set NoShow--Chmed--Igm
> > > @set Show--Chmed--Rfc
> > > @set Show--Chmed--FLic
> > > @end ifclear
> > >
> > > @c %**start of header
> > > @ifset TlPage--Chmed
> > > @setfilename Chmed.info
> > > @settitle Chmed
> > > @c @smallbook
> > > @bsixpaper
> > > @finalout
> > > @end ifset
> > > @c %**end of header
> >
> > You mean texinfo.tex.
> 
> C* Correct
> 
> >
> > Yes, you have to install that file manually where TeX will find it.
> >
> 
> C* But when there is an official release, one would not need to
> store locally.  Am I right?  I never used to put the file in local
> directory for official releases before.
> 
> 

The following message is output when you run make install:

>WARNING: If your texmf tree does not already contain"
>         up-to-date versions, you must install"
>             texinfo.tex and txi-??.tex manually,"
>         perhaps in TEXMF/tex/texinfo/,"
>         where TEXMF is a root of your TeX tree."
>         See doc/README for some considerations."
>         You can run make TEXMF=/your/texmf install-tex to do this."
>         You may also need to install epsf.tex in"
>         TEXMF/tex/generic/dvips, if your TeX"
>         installation did not include it."