On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 07:38:08PM +0100, Matthew Woodcraft wrote: > > I am wondering if we aren't violating the spirit if not the letter of > > LSB by using a non-standard version of install-info. > > While of course the LSB says nothing about install-info, the fact that > Debian distributes a program under the name 'install-info' which is > incompatible with the GNU version can cause trouble for users.
As it has been pointed out hundreds of times, it is GNU that distributes a program under then name 'install-info' which is incompatible with the dpkg version. :) (The version in dpkg has seniority.) > For example: > > % tar xzf texinfo-4.2.tar.gz > % cd texinfo-4.1 > % make > % sudo make install > > will put GNU install-info into /usr/local/bin. As, by default in Debian, > this is in front of /usr/bin in root's path, package upgrades will > break. No Debian user would never do such a silly thing in the first place... apt-get install {tex,}info -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness.