Hello, I am also quite frustrated with the bugs in install-info and the continuing fork. But I really don't like the GNU version either (it seems to still do nothing about aligning the descriptions, for instance), and two way merging of the stregths of both will be a pain. I think the right solution is to have some kind of database (see below) to hold the section structure and then a pure 'presentation' program maybe /usr/sbin/update-info-dir or similar generates the dir file from the complete up-to-date structural data.
Now, the dpkg package can't use almost any database library because it's so high in the dependency chain. But there's no good reason why install-info must be in dpkg? info package is priority important, install-info doesn't have to be anything higher than that. So we could use libdb (required) for the database. Another possiblity to hold the structure is a XML file. Unfortunately perl is only standard now. Hmm, I heard somebody was on a campaign to make python important or better? That would help a lot, python has great XML support. Nicolas, let me know if you're still interested in this task (or perhaps already working on it). Let's rid Debian of this PITA. -- A true pessimist won't be discouraged by a little success. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
