From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: karl@freefriends.org (Karl Berry) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs cvs newbie problems Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 09:00:32 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <200210041300.g94D0Wr10540@f7.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1033736509 28264 127.0.0.1 (4 Oct 2002 13:01:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 13:01:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eliz@is.elta.co.il, miles@gnu.org, teirllm@dms.auburn.edu, hattons@speakeasy.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17xS5T-0007Le-00 for ; Fri, 04 Oct 2002 15:01:47 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17xSr6-0001vg-00 for ; Fri, 04 Oct 2002 15:51:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17xS4n-0001XJ-00; Fri, 04 Oct 2002 09:01:05 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17xS4M-0001VO-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Oct 2002 09:00:38 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17xS4K-0001Ux-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Oct 2002 09:00:37 -0400 Original-Received: from consort.superb.net ([209.61.216.22] helo=f7.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17xS4I-0001U4-00; Fri, 04 Oct 2002 09:00:34 -0400 Original-Received: (from karl@localhost) by f7.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g94D0Wr10540; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 09:00:32 -0400 Original-To: rms@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:8382 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:8382 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.