On Do, 12 Mär 2009, Guillem Jover wrote: > <http://wiki.debian.org/Transitions/DpkgToGnuInstallInfo>. Hope you > don't mind.
Great, thanks. > I think it'd be better to not entangle those two changes, so I'd put it > in the same place as the current install-info from dpkg. A transition > from /usr/sbin to /usr/bin could be done later. Ok, fine. > > - can you prepare a dpkg experimental package that does not ship ii but > > depends on install-info? > > As per the transition plan dpkg will still ship a dummy script that > warns the users, this way we don't need dpkg to depend on install-info. Hmm, so the install-info should *not* ship a /usr/sbin/install-info wrapper but leave that to dpkg. > So you only need to add a Replaces against dpkg. Also you should be able > to upload this to unstable whenever you are ready w/o waiting for anyone. Hmm, why should I need that if dpkg ships the wrapper. > > that would mean a shell/perl script as /usr/bin/install-info that in > > turn calls /usr/bin/ginstall-info, and warns in case we are called with > > a non-supported argument. > > Either that, or extend GNU's install-info to accept the other old > arguments as no-ops. Once all Info files have been fixed the wrapper > could be replaced by the real thing. Better to have a wrapper, patching install-info is a pain. Best wishes Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Norbert Preining <prein...@logic.at> Vienna University of Technology Debian Developer <prein...@debian.org> Debian TeX Group gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLUGGAN (n.) A lurid facial bruise which everyone politely omits to mention because it's obvious that you had a punch-up with your spouse last night - but which into a door. It is useless to volunteer the true explanation because nobody will believe it. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-dpkg-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org