From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stefan Monnier" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs cvs newbie problems Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 11:04:53 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <200210041504.g94F4rY04583@rum.cs.yale.edu> References: <200210041300.g94D0Wr10540@f7.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1033744300 2180 127.0.0.1 (4 Oct 2002 15:11:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 15:11:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, 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 17xU72-0000YL-00 for ; Fri, 04 Oct 2002 17:11:32 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17xUsi-00051M-00 for ; Fri, 04 Oct 2002 18:00:48 +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 17xU5f-00075O-00; Fri, 04 Oct 2002 11:10:07 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17xU20-0000Y0-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Oct 2002 11:06:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17xU1H-0007ez-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Oct 2002 11:05:46 -0400 Original-Received: from rum.cs.yale.edu ([128.36.229.169]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17xU0f-0006U7-00; Fri, 04 Oct 2002 11:04:57 -0400 Original-Received: (from monnier@localhost) by rum.cs.yale.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g94F4rY04583; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 11:04:53 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.4 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 Original-To: karl@freefriends.org (Karl Berry) 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:8384 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:8384 > 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. 100% agreement. It would be completely wrong to hard code anything like "/usr" or "usr/info". Stefan