On 6/29/12 8:38 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > On 6/29/12 6:14 AM, TheSin wrote: >> I agree that it does not need to be essential at all, but that being said >> new versions of dpkg in the future will require tex for install-info since >> its being deprecated for ginstall-info upstream so maybe we need to look at >> debs of debs? I'll re-work debianutils today and split it up I should be >> able to make it 2 pkgs and break out po4a I did it for the new dpkg already. >> BTW po4a is the po translator Debian now uses on all essentials. >> > > Meh. If dpkg upstream is using TeX instead of the old install-info > that's going to be really painful for our purposes. _They_ can do that > since they're fundamentally a provider of prebuilt binaries, and aren't > forcing all of _their_ users to install TeX. > > I wonder if there's a lighter-weight option we can use here... >
Just had a thought: maybe we could use install-info from dpkg-1.10.21? -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
