From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mike Ballard Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: info and dir.old Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 04:11:25 GMT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87u156ambg.fsf@newsguy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1068956205 15710 80.91.224.253 (16 Nov 2003 04:16:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 04:16:45 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 16 05:16:43 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ALEL5-0002Ie-00 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 05:16:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ALFGE-0005F5-LC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 00:15:46 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!4507221d!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Newsreader: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Original-Lines: 34 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 165.121.145.88 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net Original-X-Trace: newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net 1068955885 165.121.145.88 (Sat, 15 Nov 2003 23:11:25 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 23:11:25 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:118341 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:14282 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:14282 On Sat Nov 15, Ian Zimmerman disturbed my nap when he said: > Mike> Never mind. I'm using gentoo which has a tool named "emerge" for > Mike> installing source code. One of its last steps when doing so is, > Mike> for some (inexplicable?) reason, renaming my top-level dir (found > Mike> evidently by parsing INFOPATH). > > Does the code you're installing perhaps include some Info manuals? > Functionally it doesn't matter since I don't want it renaming my top-level dir whether I did or didn't just install some source that had Info files. But to answer your question, I just emerge'd some xcursors and when emerge finished it said "Regenerating GNU info directory index." Checked my personal top-level dir before and after and it renamed it (I don't see/can't image Info files for xcursors). I don't understand python so commenting the offending line may lose me something I don't want to lose. I'll find out how to file bugs and file one on this. Since I only use Info from emacs I may just shorten my shell INFOPATH to get around it for now. Incidentally, I have "emacs" in my USE var so this regeneration may be something I get because of it (I see nothing else in my USE var that would indicate possible Info-related stuff). Mike -- mike.ballard--at--earthlink.net "Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic and so am I"