[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Adoption of the FHS



> On Mon, May 24, 1999 at 09:24:48PM -0400, James R. Van Zandt wrote:
> > >> Can I upload packages with the /usr/info -> /usr/share/info modification?
> > >
> > >Yes you may :) GNU info has been set to read its files from that directory
> > >since long time ago, IIRC before hamm.
> > 
> > Okay, then I propose that we next should have install-info changed, so
> > the default "infodir" is /usr/share/info instead of the current
> > /usr/info.
> 
> Unfortunately, the install-info program is in the dpkg package, and
> we all know when does dpkg usually get updated... :<

If necessary, an NMU can be performed once the FHS is adopted and an
important bug report is made against dpkg.

   Julian

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

  Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk
             Debian GNU/Linux Developer.  jdg@debian.org
       -*- Finger jdg@master.debian.org for my PGP public key. -*-


Reply to: