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Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 13:29:26 -0800 (PST)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: Gettext distro replaces /usr/info/dir
To: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>, John Fulton <jackf AT preferred DOT com>,
        cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
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--- Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu> wrote:
> 
> Remember to make a backup of your current /usr/info/dir BEFORE
> installing this new package -- since setup UNISTALLS the previous
> version it will *remove* /usr/info/dir....
> 
> To recreate a clobbered or missing /usr/info/dir, do this: for each base
> info file (that is, cvs.info, not cvs.info-1, cvs.info-2 etc) run the
> following command:
> 
> install-info --dir-file=/usr/info/dir  --info-file=/usr/info/foo.info
> 

It is better to name the dir file as dir.info.  IIRC, info looks for dir.info
first and the defaults for builds use the name dir.  IMO, it is a bug in most
Makefile.in's to create the dir file.  They should instead warn about the need
to add it to the current file.

Cheers,

=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com

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