On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 10:49:55AM +0100, Gerrit P. Haase wrote: >Hallo David, > >Am Montag, 22. Dezember 2003 um 01:08 schriebst du: > >> I notice that some of the larger info files, notably gcc & related files >> plus the Cygwin-ug files, are in /usr/share/info as xxx.info.gz files. > >> Is info (supposed to be) able to handle these directly? If so, is >> special action appropriate to get them listed in the dir file -- on my >> system they are simply not being seen. >> Of course, I can unzip them - but why use up the space if info can do it >> dynamically. > >I thought that info is able to handle this directly, therefore I >provide the info pages compressed. If the info files are not seen, >then the script /etc/postinstall/update-info-dir.sh needs to be >updated.
The update-info-dir.sh script should have no problems with compressed files, assuming that install-info has no problems. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
