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diff --git a/academic/gri/UTF8patch.README b/academic/gri/UTF8patch.README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..f30c7c969beea --- /dev/null +++ b/academic/gri/UTF8patch.README @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +Compilation of gri breaks on doc/gri.texi with current tex-info. + +"It is because Texinfo 6.7 changed the default input encoding to UTF-8 +and the input is in ISO-8859-1. The easiest way to fix this would be to +convert the input file to UTF-8, but you could also add +"@documentencoding ISO-8859-1" to the file." +(from email correspondence with texinfo developers) + +The patchfile 'gri-texinfo-6.7patch.txt' set the whole file to ISO-8859-1 +and does not alter the contributor's name. + + +The other patchfile, 'texinfo-utf8.patch', was generated by Matteo Bernardini +(http://cgit.ponce.cc/slackbuilds/commit/?h=gri), and changes the accented o in the name. + +Either patch allows compilation of gri. + +see: +https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/sbo-scripts-not-building-on-current-read-1st-post-pls-4175561999/page142.html#post6049662
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