Re: Problems with info
ajlewis2@intac.com (Anita Lewis) writes:
> On Tue, 10 Jul 2001 11:50:09 +0200, Leonard Stiles wrote:
> > Comparing this to the error message you get leads me to believe
> > that your dir file is present but corrupted in some way.
>
> Yes, you are right. I just have the /usr/info/dir and I did strings
> on it and it looks bad. There's stuff about nntp and failed
> commands and so on. Then there are parts that look like what a
> directory might. The file is not a text file that can be edited.
I don't know all that much about the exact syntax of info files, but
they're basically plain ascii.
> I've been looking for how to make a directory, because I had thought
> there might be a problem with it before. "info" is a bad word to do
> a search on, if you know what I mean. I saw some SuSE posts about
> using a program called mkinfodir, but I don't even know if that is
> what it does. It isn't on my system.
I could send you my /usr/info/dir, if that would help. You could
remove the entries for packages you don't use and re-install packages
that are missing.
--
Leonard Stiles <ljs@uk2.net>
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