From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#13965: info.info conflict between emacs and texinfo Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 21:28:54 +0200 Message-ID: <874mho7z7t.fsf__912.127647507255$1445196629$gmane$org@igel.home> References: <20130318230008.GD31358@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <86d2uwl2mu.fsf@frenzy.freefriends.org> <8761276fgh.fsf@igel.home> <0q1tcs3vdi.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1445196629 20170 80.91.229.3 (18 Oct 2015 19:30:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 19:30:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Texinfo , Gavin Smith , 13965@debbugs.gnu.org, Karl Berry To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 18 21:30:17 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Znteq-0002MG-Ba for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Oct 2015 21:30:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35299 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zntep-00076r-Fp for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Oct 2015 15:30:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47276) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zntek-00076e-RY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Oct 2015 15:30:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Znteh-0004Jd-KB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Oct 2015 15:30:10 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:36437) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Znteh-0004JV-GX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Oct 2015 15:30:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Znteg-00061r-IG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Oct 2015 15:30:06 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 19:30:05 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 13965 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: wontfix Original-Received: via spool by 13965-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B13965.144519654322983 (code B ref 13965); Sun, 18 Oct 2015 19:30:05 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13965) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Oct 2015 19:29:03 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55377 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Zntde-0005yR-6f for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 18 Oct 2015 15:29:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]:45433) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Zntdb-0005yA-6e for 13965@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 18 Oct 2015 15:29:00 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3nfB953DcXz3hncF; Sun, 18 Oct 2015 21:28:57 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3nfB950y17zvh1q; Sun, 18 Oct 2015 21:28:57 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id IdrGvv7gGPDe; Sun, 18 Oct 2015 21:28:54 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: AxE4d560Z/tgPeQv6xF0+pUCZaJJgBQo49VedT5TC6H80TB9mMQNsR1g9ajtsrQ0 Original-Received: from igel.home (host-188-174-205-76.customer.m-online.net [188.174.205.76]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Sun, 18 Oct 2015 21:28:54 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 642C82C35D0; Sun, 18 Oct 2015 21:28:54 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: Did YOU find a DIGITAL WATCH in YOUR box of VELVEETA? In-Reply-To: <0q1tcs3vdi.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Sun, 18 Oct 2015 14:05:29 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:107717 Archived-At: Glenn Morris writes: > i) doesn't occur on Debian-based systems > (http://debbugs.gnu.org/14064#30) Wrong. You get different behaviour depending on how you search for info files. > ii) was solved two-years ago on RedHat-based systems in the rpm > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=927996#c11 This is even worse: two files with the same menu entry in the same info directory. > If I were packaging Emacs for a distribution (let me randomly say SUSE), > I'd resolve this issue in the packaging step. But I'm just repeating > myself (http://debbugs.gnu.org/14064#33). Obviously it's your decision. Two packages fighting for the same file is bad. Each time one package is installed the other one is overwritten. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."