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: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 22:49:26 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200209160002.g8G02Eb06228@f7.net> <9003-Wed18Sep2002214449+0300-eliz@is.elta.co.il> <200209200309.WAA03597@eel.dms.auburn.edu> <4331-Sat21Sep2002002840+0300-eliz@is.elta.co.il> <200209202207.RAA05200@eel.dms.auburn.edu> <200209212213.RAA06463@eel.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1033354327 10019 127.0.0.1 (30 Sep 2002 02:52:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 02:52:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: teirllm@dms.auburn.edu Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17vqfF-0002bS-00 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 04:52:05 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17vrOj-0000iN-00 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 05:39:05 +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 17vqfV-0006z7-00; Sun, 29 Sep 2002 22:52:21 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17vqci-0006m2-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Sep 2002 22:49:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17vqch-0006lg-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Sep 2002 22:49:28 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17vqcg-0006la-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Sep 2002 22:49:26 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.10) id 17vqcg-0004TY-00; Sun, 29 Sep 2002 22:49:26 -0400 Original-to: karl@freefriends.org Original-CC: eliz@is.elta.co.il, hattons@speakeasy.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org In-reply-to: <200209212213.RAA06463@eel.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Sat, 21 Sep 2002 17:13:00 -0500 (CDT)) 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:8239 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:8239 The dir file in /usr/local/info was installed (or updated) by emacs-21.3.50. The dir file in /usr/share/info (a symlink to /etc/info-dir) came with Red Hat 7.2. The dir file in /usr/info was installed by texinfo-4.2. This could be a problem we have to fix, an inconsistency between Emacs and Texinfo. Maybe Emacs should install into /usr/info if it has a dir file in it. Should Texinfo (and Emacs) install into /usr/share/info rather than /usr/info? Could Emacs be smarter about merging the various Info dir files? Karl, would you be willing to study the situation and make a recommendation?