From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/56799 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kai Grossjohann Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Debian's install-info Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:33:43 +0100 Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Message-ID: <87zna6r6e0.fsf@emptyhost.emptydomain.de> References: <87u10guy3o.fsf@wesley.springies.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1080117239 32322 80.91.224.253 (24 Mar 2004 08:33:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 08:33:59 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+M5338@lists.math.uh.edu Wed Mar 24 09:33:50 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B63pe-0005ny-00 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:33:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1B63pO-0005eE-00; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 02:33:34 -0600 Original-Received: from justine.libertine.org ([66.139.78.221] ident=postfix) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1B63pG-0005e8-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 02:33:26 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org (quimby.gnus.org [80.91.224.244]) by justine.libertine.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D1D53A003F for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 02:33:26 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from news by quimby.gnus.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B63pF-00050G-00 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:33:25 +0100 Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Path: not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnus.ding Original-Lines: 15 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 213-203-244-156.kunde.vdserver.de Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 1080117205 16659 213.203.244.156 (24 Mar 2004 08:33:25 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 08:33:25 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Vawo/pQI3Wu2QXlf/h4GpjzVmeU= Precedence: bulk Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:56799 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:56799 Alan Shutko writes: > Debian uses an install-info program which is not compatible with the > GNU version. Or, at least, used to. There were some murmurings > about switching or making them compatible, but I don't believe > it's happened. Emacs (CVS version) invokes install-info in a way that does something useful for both the GNU and Debian flavors. I guess Gnus could do the same. WDYT? Kai