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Re: FWD: Bug#68552: dh_make/dh_installinfo mix /usr/info and /usr/share/info



On Fri, Aug 04, 2000 at 08:53:10PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote:
> Actually, I think the way debhelper does it is the way we decided to --
> anyone remember?

Isn't this thing has something to do with the /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc
transition? IIRC, /usr/doc is still the official storage place for
potato but we must prepare the transition for woody by storing all new
documentation into /usr/share/doc and symlinked them into /usr/doc.

A similar arguments can be stated for info files: The official directory
for potato is /usr/info, but new info files should put themself into
/usr/share/info and let install-info referenced them into the /usr/info/dir.
One time in the future of woody, an update for install-info will appear
will upgrade everything from /usr/info/dir into /usr/share/info/dir and will
update everything after that in /usr/share/info/dir.

Huh, well, not sure is clear since English is not my first language. Hope
this help.

> 
> ----- Forwarded message from Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de> -----
> 
> From: Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
> Date: 04 Aug 2000 22:40:21 +0200
> To: submit@bugs.debian.org
> Subject: Bug#68552: dh_make/dh_installinfo mix /usr/info and /usr/share/info
> Reply-To: Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>, 68552@bugs.debian.org
> 
> Package: debhelper
> Version: 2.0.86
> 
> When debianizing a source tree with dh_make, the call to
> dh_installdebs created this postinst commands for me:
> 
> # Automatically added by dh_installinfo
> install-info --quiet --section "Gossip" "Gossip" /usr/share/info/gossip-sim.info
> # End automatically added section
> 
> This will add an entry to /usr/info/dir for the file
> /usr/share/info/gossip-sim.info.
> 
> I think this is wrong because either should gossip-sim.info be
> installed in /usr/info, or install-info should add the entry to
> /usr/share/info/dir (via the --installdir option).
> 
> The current behaviour is not strictly wrong because info files are
> seatched in all directories, not just the one with the dir file
> containing their entry, but I still think it is inconsistent enough to
> be worth of investigation.
> 
> 
> ----- End forwarded message -----
> 
> -- 
> see shy jo
> 
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