On Mon, Apr 05, 1999 at 03:46:09PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > > First, we should forbid the use of the hardcoded install-info's --infodir > option in all maintainer scripts. This is really evil, because it does not > allow us to change the location of the index file in a centralized place, > i.e., by telling the install-info script itself (internally) to use a > different location. > > [ BTW: Is there a lintian check for the use of the --infodir option? > If there is not, maybe there should be, because the example in policy > about registering info docs does not use the --infodir option ]. >
$ grep -- --infodir /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.p* /var/lib/dpkg/info/ispell.postinst: --infodir=/usr/info \ /var/lib/dpkg/info/ispell.prerm: --infodir=/usr/info \ raise bugs (I have always heard that this was forbitten). fab -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6F7267F5 fingerprint 57 16 C4 ED C9 86 40 7B 1A 69 A1 66 EC FB D2 5E | [EMAIL PROTECTED] gsm: +358 40 707 2468
