Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 13:32:11 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Richard Dawe <richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com>
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Subject: Re: DSM/scripting spec, version 0.1
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On Sun, 16 May 1999, Richard Dawe wrote:

> > > How many packages are really going to require scripts anyhow?
> > 
> > It depends on how zippo is going to work.  Almost every package, at
> > least those from GNU, needs you to run install-info.  If this is part
> > of the scripts feature, then many packages will need it.
> 
> Since we are providing install-info, we can assume it's trusted. Why not
> just have zippo run install-info automatically?

That's why I said it depended on how zippo will work.

Note that to run install-info you need at least to know the name of
the Info file that comes with the distribution.

> I've never used install-info either.

That's simple:

  install-info --info-dir=$DJDIR/info --info-file=$DJDIR/info/FILE

FILE is the name of the Info file that comes with the distribution.

> I suppose for completeness:
> 
> pre-uninstall-readme: [File name]
> post-uninstall-readme: [File name]

IMHO, this is unnecessary.  When I uninstall a package, I want to
never hear from it again ;-).