Ian> File debian/bin/info/install-info says: Ian> Ian> # Dummy script to fool emacs install into thinking it did something Ian> # useful. Ian> Ian> Unfortunately, it doesn't fool emacs at all, because ... it is Ian> never called. The emacs configure script looks for an install-info Ian> binary along the normal PATH, and uses the one found (which would Ian> normally be /usr/sbin/install-info) throughout the build. This Ian> happens to just work but in my case it breaks because I use a Ian> modified install-info (see the following URL for details). Ian> Ian> http://lists.debian.org/debian-dpkg/2007/07/msg00012.html Ian> Ian> To fix it, I (and you) have to use the special PATH with this Ian> directory prepended not at "make install" time, but at "configure" Ian> time.
Rob> So from your perspective, does the emacs package still need to Rob> override the system install-info, and if so, why? At least for a Rob> normal build, the system install-info seems to work now. This was only an issue for me because for some reason (which I cannot recall ATM) I had to build the emacs22 package from source. I have since found a workaround for that, whatever it was, and I now use the binary deb from the archive, so now it doesn't matter to me in practical terms. Maybe you should just change the comment to # Dummy script to fool the maintainer into thinking it did something # useful. :-) -- Ham is for reading, not for eating. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
