Eric Belanger wrote:
Hi,
I just want to point out FS#11501. Basically, as we are now adding
info pages to packages, we are using a .install file which runs
install-info. This tool is part of texinfo. Therefore we should either
add a dependency on texinfo to all these packages or alternatively add
texinfo to the base group.
Personnally, I prefer adding texinfo to the base group. It is simpler
and would make more sense as the tools for the man pages are already
in base.
Let me know what you think. texinfo is currently out-of-date so I
could do that change at the same time.
Seems fine to me.
BTW, texinfo provides its own info pages. Currently these files are
included in the package but there's no .install script. If I add a
script, then technically, it'll need to depend on itself. I'm thinking
that it might cause problems for users who are installing it for the
first time or with the installer. I could bypass this issue by not
running install-info on post-install but only on post-upgrade and
removal. Any better idea/comments?
I do not think that is a problem as the package files have already been
installed to their proper place before post-install function from the
.install file is called. Just make sure you use the full path to the
install-info binary.
Allan
