On 2008-05-22 17:09 +0200, Neil Williams wrote: > On Thu, 2008-05-22 at 16:36 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: >> But another question is: what exactly do we want from install-info? > > The ability to omit it entirely if DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS specifies "nodocs". >>>From an Emdebian perspective, I would rather that dpkg did not > pre-depend on install-info - rather dpkg should be able to operate > without install-info ever existing. Not every usage of dpkg wants info > documents as well.
Yes, I agree. The pre-dependency will probably still be necessary to facilitate smooth upgrades from lenny, since the maintainer scripts currently assume install-info's existence. It should be dropped after lenny+1. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
