Re: Bug#552677: install-info changes

2009-11-22 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Mon, 23 Nov 2009, Brian May wrote: > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 02:27:46PM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > install-info is only needed to create /usr/share/info/dir and the package > > using that file should depend on install-info. install-info must not be > > installed on all systems but only on

Re: Bug#552677: install-info changes

2009-11-22 Thread Brian May
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 02:27:46PM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > install-info is only needed to create /usr/share/info/dir and the package > using that file should depend on install-info. install-info must not be > installed on all systems but only on systems that have an info-browser > installed

Re: Bug#552677: install-info changes

2009-11-22 Thread Brian May
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:46:59PM +0100, Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Brian May , 2009-11-17, 12:30: > [...] > > WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed. > > This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing! > > install-info (due to sed) > > 0 upgraded, 0 new

Re: install-info changes

2009-11-17 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Tue, 17 Nov 2009, Brian May wrote: > http://wiki.debian.org/Transitions/DpkgToGnuInstallInfo which says "dpkg ships > a new /usr/sbin/install-info that will call /usr/bin/install-info with the > same > arguments." However dpkg doesn't appear to depend on install-info, in which > case > how can

Re: install-info changes

2009-11-17 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Brian May , 2009-11-17, 12:30: [...] WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed. This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing! install-info (due to sed) 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 258

install-info changes

2009-11-16 Thread Brian May
Hello, I am getting rather confused with the install-info changes, and what I am expected to do. First I see: http://wiki.debian.org/Transitions/DpkgToGnuInstallInfo which says "dpkg ships a new /usr/sbin/install-info that will call /usr/bin/install-info with the same arguments." Ho