Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 16:22:44 +0100 From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question regarding info Message-ID: <19991205162244.E41237@daemon.ninth-circle.org> In-Reply-To: <19991205153930.A41237@daemon.ninth-circle.org>; from asmodai@wxs.nl on Sun, Dec 05, 1999 at 03:39:30PM %2B0100 References: <19991205153930.A41237@daemon.ninth-circle.org>
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-On [19991205 16:00], Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai (asmodai@wxs.nl) wrote: >The problem comes when I install ports, they place info documents into >/usr/local/info. And when I try to info for example libtool which is >present in there it doesn't `know' about the .info file. Now. I know >info can accept a longoption to specify the directories to look for, but >given that the average user nowadays doesn't seem to bother to man info >before looking further and that I am fairly positive that this used to >work before and I wonder if something is b0rked. OK, nothing seems to be borked except that: if you decide to cleanse /usr/local and accidently rm all in info you should be well after your next make world, since the makefile targets in src/share/info/Makefile will make sure that if the file doesn't exist it will get copied (dir-tmpl to dir that is) so that it is ready to register info files. naturally if dir exists and we make world we don't want to overwrite our present dir with a copied over dir-tmpl. The `problem' (as found in mailinglist archives under install targets fail to register info files) is that if the file in question (dir) is zero-length or otherwise does not contain dir-tmpl stuff, the info files cannot register. Mayhaps this info/dir `problem' might be suitable for a FAQ entry? It will surely answer the archived questions about info files failing to install. with thanks to Peter Wemm for pointing some things out. -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai asmodai@[wxs.nl|bart.nl] Documentation nutter. *BSD: Technical excellence at its best... The BSD Programmer's Documentation Project <http://home.wxs.nl/~asmodai>; A pilgrim must follow in search of a shrine, as he enters inside a cathedral... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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