On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Dan McGee <dpmc...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgrif...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> This idea is Thomas', I take no credit, except that I actually wrote it up. >> >> The idea: >> texinfo, on install, processes all info files. bash and glibc (and, >> likely, other packages in core) no longer need to depend on texinfo, >> but should check for install-info in the scriptlets before running. >> >> a) user installs bash and glibc. No info files are processed, texinfo >> not installed >> user then installs texinfo, all info files are processed >> b) user installs texinfo first (somehow) >> user then installs bash, info files processed due to existence of >> install-info >> c) user follows case a or b >> user upgrades bash or glibc, info files processed as normal due to >> presence of install-info >> >> Any issues with this? See attached patch. Please review. If possible, >> this needs to go to core before we release the ISOs. > > Seems reasonable for now. Basically any package in core should > 1) not depend on texinfo > 2) attempt to call install-info if it has info pages AND install-info is > found?
Yeah I guess, technically all packages should check for install-info before actually doing anything - it's only proper. Allan, can we get the proto file updated with the -x check (and full paths) ?
