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Re: [RFA] doc/Makefile.in install
Andrew Cagney writes:
>
> > I think, at some point in the distant past, it was controversial
> > whether packages should install their info files by default. I think
> > that was back when disks were much smaller than they are now.
> > Nowadays most packages install their info by default, so there's no
> > reason for GDB not to do so as well.
>
> So that's the reason! I knew there was one but couldn't remember what
> it was.
>
> Elena, also note:
> http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=gdb&pr=723
> http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=gdb&pr=245
> http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards_55.html#SEC55
>
> Andrew
>
Argh. There is way more than what meets the eye. Ok, I'll look into
this a bit more.
Elena