[tex-live] texi2dvi in executable path?

[Ken Brown]

On 10/4/2011 6:47 AM, Pander wrote:
> On 2011-10-03 15:33, Pander wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm no expert on this but shouldn't
>>    /usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/doc/support/texdraw/texi2dvi
>> be executable and be linked to from
>>    /usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/x86_64-linux
>> ?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Pander
>
> For more scripts that might need chmod a+x, see
>
> $find /usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist -type f -exec file {} \;|grep
> 'shell script'|grep -v texmf-dist/scripts
>
> Then users can extend their execution path any way they like without
> being hindered by not having writing rights to /usr/local/texlive/ to
> set execution bit.
>
> Whether or not texi2dvi is removed or not is up to you. The version in
> CTAN (1.162) is however newer than the one shipped with TeX Live at the
> moment (1.7). (Ubuntu ships via texinfo 1.135, request for upgrade to
> 1.162 is here https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/866096 )

As Karl has already said, the Texinfo programs that used to be shipped 
with TL have been removed.  The (old) texi2dvi that you found is only 
there because it is part of the texdraw package.  It would be foolish 
for people to link to that rather than using the version that comes with 
their distro's Texinfo.

Ken