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Re: Gettext distro replaces /usr/info/dir


--- Charles Wilson <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu> wrote:
> 
> Remember to make a backup of your current /usr/info/dir BEFORE
> installing this new package -- since setup UNISTALLS the previous
> version it will *remove* /usr/info/dir....
> 
> To recreate a clobbered or missing /usr/info/dir, do this: for each base
> info file (that is, cvs.info, not cvs.info-1, cvs.info-2 etc) run the
> following command:
> 
> install-info --dir-file=/usr/info/dir  --info-file=/usr/info/foo.info
> 

It is better to name the dir file as dir.info.  IIRC, info looks for dir.info
first and the defaults for builds use the name dir.  IMO, it is a bug in most
Makefile.in's to create the dir file.  They should instead warn about the need
to add it to the current file.

Cheers,

=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com

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