Norbert> But if we want this, do we need a merge at all??? Norbert> Couldn't Debian write something like update-info-dir and Norbert> dh_installinfo does in fact nothing besides putting the info Norbert> files into the right directory and adds a call to Norbert> update-info-dir to the postinst script.
Norbert> THe funtion update-info-dir would kill the current dir file, Norbert> and call GNU install-info for every info file present. This way Norbert> we would be sure that nobody messes up the dir file. And if, Norbert> then it was GNU I-I. Sigh. Nobody seems to read my posts or at least understand what I mean. Except Ian Jackson :-) This would not solve the broken parsing problem. Norbert> Disadvantage - we have to get rid of this regexp option - Which presently doesn't seem to work at all. Try it. Look at the bugs I cited up in the thread. By numbers. Norbert> rebuild of all packages using info files? Yes, transition is the only nontrivial part (apart from politics). Ian left it as an exercise for the reader, and it's a damn hard one. -- 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]