From: karl@freefriends.org (Karl Berry)
Cc: eliz@is.elta.co.il, miles@gnu.org, teirllm@dms.auburn.edu,
hattons@speakeasy.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs cvs newbie problems
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 09:00:32 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200210041300.g94D0Wr10540@f7.net> (raw)
If there happen to be multiple Info directories already, it doesn't
matter tremendously which on a new file is installed in,
It doesn't matter from the point of view of info (which is a problem in
itself, as Karl E. points out), but it may matter very much from the
point of view of the sysadmin.
For example, I know of sites that install emacs 21.2 into
/tools/emacs-21.2, completely. This can ease upgrades, etc. If
configure went ahead and installed the emacs 21.2 info files into
/usr/local/info, that would defeat the purpose.
The existence of several Info directories is not a disaster, but it is
somewhat of a problem.
I disagree. When several info directories exist, that is usually
exactly what the installer/sysadmin wants to have. Trying to make
configure outguess the local sysadmin seems quite wrong (not to mention
impossible) to me.
In my view, the simple infodir=$(datarootdir)/info default we have now
is not broken, in any way. Instead of changing that, I suggest (once
again) that we simply fix the dir merging as we have discussed so that
redundant entries are not included. That is what gave rise to the
original bug report and all the ensuing discussion -- not the existence
of multiple dir files.
next reply other threads:[~2002-10-04 13:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 94+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-10-04 13:00 Karl Berry [this message]
2002-10-04 15:04 ` Emacs cvs newbie problems Stefan Monnier
2002-10-04 19:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-10-05 16:33 ` Richard Stallman
2002-10-04 22:08 ` Richard Stallman
2002-10-04 22:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-10-06 16:14 ` Richard Stallman
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-10-07 15:51 Karl Berry
2002-10-07 16:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-10-07 15:51 Karl Berry
2002-10-08 17:21 ` Richard Stallman
2002-10-04 15:57 Karl Berry
2002-10-05 16:33 ` Richard Stallman
2002-10-03 15:07 Karl Berry
2002-10-02 13:36 Karl Berry
2002-10-03 0:32 ` Richard Stallman
2002-10-02 13:36 Karl Berry
2002-10-03 0:33 ` Richard Stallman
2002-10-03 4:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-10-04 3:48 ` Richard Stallman
2002-10-04 10:05 ` Karl Eichwalder
2002-10-04 15:46 ` Richard Stallman
2002-10-04 18:28 ` Karl Eichwalder
2002-10-05 16:33 ` Richard Stallman
2002-10-04 19:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-10-02 13:36 Karl Berry
2002-10-02 20:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-10-01 20:51 Karl Berry
2002-10-02 4:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-10-01 20:07 Karl Berry
2002-10-01 20:15 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-10-02 19:23 ` Richard Stallman
2002-10-02 4:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-10-01 17:24 Karl Berry
2002-10-01 18:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-10-01 14:13 Karl Berry
2002-10-01 14:41 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-10-02 4:07 ` Richard Stallman
2002-10-02 4:07 ` Richard Stallman
2002-10-01 14:13 Karl Berry
2002-10-01 18:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-10-01 18:42 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-10-02 4:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-10-02 4:07 ` Richard Stallman
2002-10-01 14:13 Karl Berry
2002-10-02 4:07 ` Richard Stallman
2002-09-30 21:43 Karl Berry
2002-10-01 4:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-09-30 14:12 Karl Berry
2002-09-30 18:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-10-01 6:18 ` Richard Stallman
2002-09-16 21:07 Karl Berry
2002-09-16 0:02 Karl Berry
2002-09-16 1:41 ` Miles Bader
2002-09-16 2:14 ` Alan Shutko
2002-09-16 5:40 ` Rob Browning
2002-09-18 18:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-09-16 1:51 ` Steven T. Hatton
2002-09-16 19:28 ` Richard Stallman
2002-09-18 18:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-09-20 3:09 ` Luc Teirlinck
2002-09-20 4:45 ` Miles Bader
2002-09-20 18:42 ` Richard Stallman
2002-09-20 21:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-09-20 21:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-09-20 22:07 ` Luc Teirlinck
2002-09-20 22:41 ` Luc Teirlinck
2002-09-21 8:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-09-21 19:39 ` Richard Stallman
2002-09-21 22:13 ` Luc Teirlinck
2002-09-22 4:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-09-30 2:49 ` Richard Stallman
2002-09-30 3:40 ` Luc Teirlinck
2002-09-30 5:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-10-01 6:17 ` Richard Stallman
2002-10-01 7:49 ` Miles Bader
2002-09-20 22:19 ` Luc Teirlinck
2002-09-14 20:40 Steven T. Hatton
2002-09-14 21:12 ` Luc Teirlinck
2002-09-14 22:11 ` Steven T. Hatton
2002-09-14 23:03 ` Luc Teirlinck
2002-09-15 1:24 ` Steven T. Hatton
2002-09-15 2:42 ` Luc Teirlinck
2002-09-15 11:13 ` Steven T. Hatton
2002-09-15 12:42 ` Miles Bader
2002-09-15 20:50 ` Richard Stallman
2002-09-15 20:50 ` Richard Stallman
2002-09-15 0:08 ` Luc Teirlinck
2002-09-15 20:50 ` Richard Stallman
2002-09-15 15:37 ` Luc Teirlinck
2002-09-15 15:16 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-09-14 6:20 Steven T. Hatton
2002-09-14 6:40 ` Damien Elmes
2002-09-15 1:50 ` Richard Stallman
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