From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs cvs newbie problems Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 18:08:58 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200210041300.g94D0Wr10540@f7.net> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1033769614 1729 127.0.0.1 (4 Oct 2002 22:13:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 22:13:34 +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 17xahO-0000RT-00 for ; Sat, 05 Oct 2002 00:13:30 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17xbTC-0006rV-00 for ; Sat, 05 Oct 2002 01:02:54 +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 17xaeN-0005cm-00; Fri, 04 Oct 2002 18:10:23 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17xadA-00036j-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Oct 2002 18:09:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17xad1-00031Y-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Oct 2002 18:09:00 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17xad0-00030u-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Oct 2002 18:08:58 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.10) id 17xad0-0003It-00; Fri, 04 Oct 2002 18:08:58 -0400 Original-To: karl@freefriends.org In-reply-to: <200210041300.g94D0Wr10540@f7.net> (karl@freefriends.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:8398 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:8398 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. A sysadmin will able to specify the place to install Info files. The issue is what to do for the default. I disagree. When several info directories exist, that is usually exactly what the installer/sysadmin wants to have. You seem to have in mind rather sophisticated installers. Those will be able to specify options to get whatever they want. Many, though, are not so sophisticated; for them, the defaults "just happen". They are likely to get info files divided between /usr/share/info and /usr/local/share/info without ever thinking about whether they wanted that. The person who reported this bug did not carefully choose to put Info files in three places. He chose one of the three, but the other two just happened.