From: Xiao-Yong Jin <xj2106@columbia.edu>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: install and info
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:34:45 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <873aj7gqh6.fsf@columbia.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <o5wsgj6x6b.fsf@development.richardriley.net> (Richard Riley's message of "Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:20:12 +0200")
Richard Riley <rileyrgdev@googlemail.com> writes:
> There might be an inconsistency in the install process. Well, on my
> debian system.
>
> In the Makefile we have
>
> ,----
> | # Where local software is found
> | prefix=/usr/local
> |
> | # Where local lisp files go.
> | lispdir = $(prefix)/share/emacs/site-lisp
> |
> | # Where info files go.
> | infodir = $(prefix)/info
> `----
>
> Now I dont pretend to even begin to understand how the info system works
> but a "sudo make install-info" does not work because (a) it puts the
> file into /usr/local/info and my system appears to expect it in
> /usr/local/share/info.
I changed infodir by myself.
> In addition the install info command appears to be broken:
>
> ,----
> | if [ ! -d /usr/local/info ]; then mkdir -p /usr/local/info; else true; fi ;
> | cp -p doc/org /usr/local/info
> | install-info --info-file=doc/org --info-dir=/usr/local/info
> | Usage: install-info [<options> ...] [--] <filename>
> `----
>
> Hopefully someone can shed some light. I think it used to work but am
> not sure if I was picking up a local info file before.
It always worked for me. This debian system probably has a
different install-info program as most of other system does.
On mine system:
install-info (GNU texinfo) 4.13
Usage: install-info [OPTION]... [INFO-FILE [DIR-FILE]]
--
c/* __o/*
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-08 13:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-08 13:20 install and info Richard Riley
2008-10-08 13:31 ` R: " Giovanni Ridolfi
2008-10-08 13:41 ` Richard Riley
2008-10-08 13:34 ` Xiao-Yong Jin [this message]
2008-10-09 5:45 ` Carsten Dominik
2008-10-09 12:41 ` Bernt Hansen
2008-10-09 13:08 ` Richard Riley
2008-10-09 13:30 ` Bernt Hansen
2008-10-09 14:16 ` Xiao-Yong Jin
2008-10-09 14:29 ` Richard Riley
2008-10-09 16:03 ` Xiao-Yong Jin
2008-10-10 12:22 ` Sivaram Neelakantan
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2008-10-09 14:43 Ben Alexander
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