configure: Entirely avoid broken Texinfo.

[pspp] / acinclude.m4

diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index e6c1adbf3d0c92302dc833549c0e27ff5d4c543b..42e9ac891069240dc334a4dc6d10264ece56c155 100644 (file)
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -281,6 +281,21 @@ EOF
        AC_SUBST([AM_MAKEINFOFLAGS])
    fi])
 
+dnl Texinfo 4.13 generates broken DocBook XML.  Probably other old
+dnl versions do too, but that's the one that causes problems.
+AC_DEFUN([PSPP_CHECK_MAKEINFO_DOCBOOK_XML],
+  [AC_REQUIRE([AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE])  # Defines MAKEINFO
+   AC_CACHE_CHECK(
+     [whether makeinfo generates broken DocBook XML],
+     [pspp_cv_broken_docbook_xml],
+     [AS_CASE(
+        [$(eval "$MAKEINFO --version | head -1")],
+        [*texinfo*4.13*], [pspp_cv_broken_docbook_xml=yes],
+        [*texinfo*], [pspp_cv_broken_docbook_xml=no],
+        [*], [pspp_cv_broken_docbook_xml=yes])])
+   AM_CONDITIONAL(
+     [BROKEN_DOCBOOK_XML], [test "$pspp_cv_broken_docbook_xml" = yes])])
+
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