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[Chicken-users] Re: Installing as non-root fails with Chicken 2.732
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Ivan Shmakov |
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[Chicken-users] Re: Installing as non-root fails with Chicken 2.732 |
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Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:23:11 +0600 |
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IIUC, the problem exists only when using the `install-info'
script provided by the `dpkg' package on Debian systems (and
derivatives.) I haven't checked any recent GNU Texinfo
distributions, but since `/var/backups' is somewhat
Debian-specific, I believe that the `install-info' variant
provided by Texinfo is free from the defect.
Also, a recent version of Debian `texinfo' package
(4.11.dfsg.1-2) seems to provide its own version of
`install-info', which contains no references to `/var/backups'.
(Basically, it's just a wrapper around GNU `install-info', which
is available as `ginstall-info' from the same package.)
Furthermore, as stated in `debian/transition-plan.txt', there're
plans to supply `update-info-dir', thus effectively depreciating
both the use of `install-info' and the use of back-up copies for
`dir' files in Debian packaging.
The outcome is:
* GNU `install-info' may have no problems with non-root use
(although I didn't check it);
* Debian `install-info', although causing the problem, will
probably be abandoned and replaced with a more reasonable
wrapper.
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