Re: install and info

From: Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>
To: Richard Riley <rileyrgdev@googlemail.com>
Cc: org-mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: install and info
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 07:45:08 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <D7CF4CD8-EE6C-4803-AA1B-156DB79538C3@uva.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <o5wsgj6x6b.fsf@development.richardriley.net>

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.
>
>
> -- 
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> machine we have created to serve us.  ~John Kenneth Galbraith
>
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