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> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:12:54 +0000
> 
> Please see the attached patch, intended for master.
> 
> From 9563aeabb5d48893c5e1054dd0c1172d20c0bed2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 21:06:29 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] Set makeinfo-run-command to texi2any when possible
> 
> In recent Texinfo, "makinfo" is an alias for "texi2any".  Make
> `makeinfo-run-command` heed this request in the texinfo documentation:
> 
>     "Going forward, we ask authors of Texinfo documents to use only
>     texi2any."
> 
> See (info "(texinfo) History").

Sorry, I'm against this change.  People still have old versions of
Texinfo installed, including those where texi2any was not even
present.  I understand what the Texinfo developers say as advice to
people who install latest version of Texinfo, not as a general rule to
other programs which invoke makeinfo.

In practice, in latest versions, 'makeinfo' is just a copy (or even a
symlink) to texi2any.  So we gain absolutely nothing by this change,
while the disadvantages for users who have old versions of makeinfo
are clear and present.

So let's not make this change.