Nick Dokos <nicholas.do...@hp.com> writes: > My worry is this: before Achim's patch, the "other" systems run the > following command: > > $(INSTALL_INFO) --info-file=$(INFOFILES) --info-dir=$(infodir)
The invocation with --info-files is only understood by GNU install-info, that was presumably the reason for introducing the extra target install-info-debian. > I presume without trouble. After his patch, they run > > $(INSTALL_INFO) --infodir=$(infodir) $(INFOFILES) This invocation does the same thing (per the man and info manuals) on GNU install-info, but is also compatible with the older install-info supplied by Debian, which does not know about some options of GNU info. So whichever install-info gets chosen (since we cannot know what $PATH is set to) should work. If it is GNU install-info, then the warning message is printed that we actually called a wrapper script that hands off its arguments to ginstall-info. If it is the dpkg install-info, then we get a bunch of verbose output that GNU install-info doesn't produce, but it also results in a working info page. > Does the install-info on other systems really grok the --infodir option? > Isn't it just straight GNU install-info? What am I missing? On Windows you can either have MSys or Cygwin to get install-info. Both really are GNU install-info, so unless there is yet another install-info I don't see why this would not work. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Wavetables for the Terratec KOMPLEXER: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#KomplexerWaves
