James, >How complicated is "install-info?" Would it be possible to develop a >version (perhaps simplified) that's implemented in something a little >less troublesome, like AWK? > >
That's exactly what I started doing. But after over 100 lines of awk, I realised there were lots of scenarios I still wasn't taking care of in the install CAS, and I hadn't even started looking at the remove script yet. So yes, it is reasonably complicated. I think SMF provides a much more suitable way to update these files. Is there a general policy or desire to avoid proliferation of SMF services? - Dermot
