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Re: Intention to re-write /usr/sbin/install-info



On 31 Aug 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote:

> Raja> Ben Gertzfield <che@imsa.edu> writes:
> 
> Raja> Since you plan to rewrite `install-info', you may want to see if
> Raja> you can advertise the other interface too.  Or, maybe rename
> Raja> Debian's version to `dinstall-info'.
> 
> 	No, please don't change the name. This would immediately break
>  all packages that install info files. If the two install-info
>  interfaces are not incompatible, then supporting both would be nice. 

Please excuse my ignorance, but does GNU's install-info do the same things
as Debian's install-info?  If so, maybe Debian should adapt the standard
install-info in the future?

Just my two cents.  ^_^

Anthony

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