From: Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>
To: Richard Riley <rileyrgdev@googlemail.com>
Cc: org-mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: install and info
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:30:45 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87skr5c2uy.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <tkd4i9rk4h.fsf@development.richardriley.net> (Richard Riley's message of "Thu\, 09 Oct 2008 15\:08\:46 +0200")
Richard Riley <rileyrgdev@googlemail.com> writes:
> Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca> writes:
>
>> On three systems I have access to the info files are in /usr/share/info
>>
>> - Debian
>> - FreeBSD
>> - Ubuntu
>
> Debian and Ubuntu should be the same I would think since Ubunti is
> Debian based.
Yes they should be but I thought I'd list it for completeness :)
I've never messed with info files before (from an installation point of
view) but I was under the impression that the top level 'dir' file needs
to be edited to include new documentation in the tree and that file
lives in whatever the standard info directory is on your system. I
think you can create new documentation in other locations but you still
need to reference it from the 'dir' file if you want it to be easy to
locate.
>
> But there is an org which ships with emacs. I would expect the info file
> from that to be there.
>
> If one installs from CVS/git should it not be in /usr/local/share/info ?
>
> I really am not sure personally and frequently have had issues with
> other packages and the installation and location of Info files.
Me either. I'm just trying to provide additional information in case
it's useful.
-Bernt
>>
>> Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> writes:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I'd be happy to change the default to
>>>
>>> infodir = $(prefix)/share/info
>>>
>>>
>>> if this is a better default for most systems. Is it better? So could
>>> people on
>>> different systems out there please check where the standard info
>>> directory is located?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> - Carsten
>>>
>>> On Oct 8, 2008, at 3:20 PM, Richard Riley wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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. 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.
>>>>
>>>>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-09 13:30 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
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 [this message]
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
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-10-09 14:43 Ben Alexander
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