Ken Brown writes: >> I need to have a look on what the main GNU/Linux distributions are doing >> with this. > > It's the same on Debian: > > https://packages.debian.org/stretch/amd64/texinfo/filelist > > I haven't checked any other.
Looks like SuSE splits into texinfo / makeinfo /info paclages, but otherwise seems to handle these the same. It does split out perl-text-Unidecode and externalizes it in the configury, though. >> WOuld it be possible to cleanly excise those as dependent >> packages? > > I could certainly do that, but I wouldn't want to unless there's a > GNU/Linux model to follow. I don't think Cygwin should use special > packaging that no one else uses. Certainly not, I am still a bit surprised at that way of installing things, though. 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