Ian Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > File debian/bin/info/install-info says: > > # Dummy script to fool emacs install into thinking it did something > # useful. > > Unfortunately, it doesn't fool emacs at all, because ... it is never > called. The emacs configure script looks for an install-info binary > along the normal PATH, and uses the one found (which would normally > be /usr/sbin/install-info) throughout the build. This happens to > just work but in my case it breaks because I use a modified install-info > (see the following URL for details). > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-dpkg/2007/07/msg00012.html > > To fix it, I (and you) have to use the special PATH with this directory > prepended not at "make install" time, but at "configure" time.
So from your perspective, does the emacs package still need to override the system install-info, and if so, why? At least for a normal build, the system install-info seems to work now. Thanks -- Rob Browning rlb @defaultvalue.org and @debian.org; previously @cs.utexas.edu GPG as of 2002-11-03 14DD 432F AE39 534D B592 F9A0 25C8 D377 8C7E 73A4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
