On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 6:07 PM, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgrif...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgrif...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Dan McGee <dpmc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgrif...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> This idea is Thomas', I take no credit, except that I actually wrote it up. >>>> >>>> The idea: >>>> texinfo, on install, processes all info files. bash and glibc (and, >>>> likely, other packages in core) no longer need to depend on texinfo, >>>> but should check for install-info in the scriptlets before running. >>>> >>>> a) user installs bash and glibc. No info files are processed, texinfo >>>> not installed >>>> user then installs texinfo, all info files are processed >>>> b) user installs texinfo first (somehow) >>>> user then installs bash, info files processed due to existence of >>>> install-info >>>> c) user follows case a or b >>>> user upgrades bash or glibc, info files processed as normal due to >>>> presence of install-info >>>> >>>> Any issues with this? See attached patch. Please review. If possible, >>>> this needs to go to core before we release the ISOs. >>> >>> Seems reasonable for now. Basically any package in core should >>> 1) not depend on texinfo >>> 2) attempt to call install-info if it has info pages AND install-info is >>> found? >> >> Yeah >> >> I guess, technically all packages should check for install-info before >> actually doing anything - it's only proper. >> >> Allan, can we get the proto file updated with the -x check (and full paths) ? > > Any opinions on this (well, the second email, with the fixed patch) ? >
Seems fine to me. Good catch on the executable not being there. -Dan
