On 19 July 2015 at 22:36, Karl Berry <k...@freefriends.org> wrote: > /usr/share/info/emacs-24/emacs.info.gz > > FWIW, to the best of my knowledge, $(infodir) has always been a flat > directory, and dir files a flat namespace. The problem of multiple > versions, similar to multiple languages, has never been satisfactorily > resolved. This is the first time I have ever seen subdirectories being > used in this way. I don't like it and don't know of anything anywhere > claims it is supported, let alone recommended. > > The only reliable way I know of is to have different names for the info > files (emacs24.info, ccmode24.info, etc.). Problematic I know, but > every solution I have ever seen proposed, including this one, is problematic.
I don't think it's a big problem in the first place. It's little worse than having multiple versions of a program installed and managing to run the one you want. Say Emacs 24 is installed as /usr/bin/emacs24, then the Info file could be at /usr/share/info/emacs24.info. Likewise if there's a symbolic link /usr/bin/emacs -> /usr/bin/emacs24, there could just as well be a symbolic link /usr/share/info/emacs24.info -> /usr/share/info/emacs.info. I don't see why using subdirectories should be necessary for this.
