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Date:      Wed, 11 Jan 1995 17:28:59 +0300
From:      "Andrew A. Chernov, Black Mage" <ache@astral.msk.su>
To:        CVS-commiters@freefall.cdrom.com, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, cvs-gnu@freefall.cdrom.com
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/awk/doc Makefile gawk.texi
Message-ID:  <ZEhi-4lyj2@astral.msk.su>
In-Reply-To: <199501110758.SAA04305@godzilla.zeta.org.au>; from Bruce Evans at Wed, 11 Jan 1995 18:58:25 %2B1100
References:  <199501110758.SAA04305@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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In message <199501110758.SAA04305@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Bruce Evans
    writes:

>I think .texi files should normally be kept in the same directory as
>the source, just like man pages.

They already kept in 'doc's directories originally, awk is rare case.

>Also, they should be installed much
>like man pages are, with bsd.prog.mk calling bsd.info.mk for info pages
>like it calls bsd.man.mk for man pages.

I have nothing against, but don't have enough time right now to implement
it properly, please, do it by yourself, if you can.

>and with .texi.gz files being installed by default.
>It's silly to trade time for space for small
>man pages and then install large info pages.

You mean .info.gz? Only after you make 'info' program
to works with gzipped info.

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