Re: Using GNU's install-info in Debian instead of dpkg's install-info
Hi Ian!
On Sam, 27 Mai 2006, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> One more thing: the longer this thread gets, the more I think that the
> original bug is in fact the inclusion of i-i in dpkg.
Yup.
> dpkg is a large and crucially important package, and that means the
> maintainers always have something more urgent to do than fixing i-i. We
This is something I understand.
> should move it into the info package and make the postinstall code
> conditional on info being installed.
Or create a new package install-info? This was suggested before,
together with an adjustment of Priority.
BUT: It is ok if we move this here, but I am not the principal author of
the Debian i-i, and I cannot do much about it than package it. Solutions
to this mess from my side can come only by getting a differnet approach,
ie doing the creating stuff inside GNU i-i.
Anyway, how do we proceed? Move it into a new package in texinfo? And
who will care for the bugs ;-)
Best wishes
Norbert
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