On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgrif...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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) ?
Any opinions on this (well, the second email, with the fixed patch) ?
