joey> dh_installinfo is able to determine the section of an info page by joey> looking at the content of the info file, and is able to determine joey> which file is the main file in a collection of info files by joey> looking at the filenames. This is all the info it needs to pass to joey> install-info, and it can all be found by just examining the files.
joey> So why not just let install-info look at all the installed info joey> files, find the above data on its own, and generate the info dir joey> based on that? This would eliminate a lot of the possible joey> problems with removing entries correctly, and would be very simple joey> as it would need to store no external state, and could simply joey> regenerate the info dir from scratch each time instead of the joey> error-prone editing it in place that install-info does now. I had the same thought. But I am afraid not all info files embed the metadata. For example, the (nonfree) package ocaml-doc contains an info file that doesn't. And in any case the --section=foo command line argument means that install-info must be able to override it. Good to see such a dpkg authority jump in :-) -- 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]
