[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] documentation: cater for older texi2html versions

[Janne Grunau]

On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 01:43:57PM +0000, Christian Ebert wrote:
> * M?ns Rullg?rd on Sunday, January 30, 2011 at 13:31:28 +0000
> > Christian Ebert <blacktrash at gmx.net> writes:
> > 
> >> ---
> >> Makefile |    4 +++-
> >> 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> >> 
> >> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> >> index 2658a30..573dff3 100644
> >> --- a/Makefile
> >> +++ b/Makefile
> >> @@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ doc/libavfilter.html: doc/filters.texi
> >> 
> >> doc/%.html: TAG = HTML
> >> doc/%.html: doc/%.texi $(SRC_PATH_BARE)/doc/t2h.init
> >> -	$(M)cd doc && texi2html -monolithic --init-file $(SRC_PATH_BARE)/doc/t2h.init $(<:doc/%=%)
> >> +	$(M)cd doc && ( \
> >> +	texi2html -monolithic --init-file $(SRC_PATH_BARE)/doc/t2h.init $(<:doc/%=%) 2>/dev/null \
> >> +	|| texi2html -monolithic -init_file $(SRC_PATH_BARE)/doc/t2h.init $(<:doc/%=%) )
> >> 
> >> doc/%.pod: TAG = POD
> >> doc/%.pod: doc/%.texi
> > 
> > Which versions of texi2html is this intended for?  1.76 and 1.78
> > accept both flag styles.  Do newer versions (5.0) only accept the
> > double-dash style?  Otherwise we could simply use the old style.  If
> > new versions do require the new style, the patch is rejected.  We will
> > only go so far in supporting software so old it isn't even in Debian
> > stable anymore.
> 
> $ sw_vers
> ProductName:	Mac OS X
> ProductVersion:	10.5.8
> BuildVersion:	9L30
> $ /usr/bin/texi2html --version
> 1.70
> 
> 1.70 (Apple shipped with Leopard) supports both --init-file and
> -init_file. I have an even older 1.64 which only supports
> -init_file.

so please use 1.70

Janne