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[Orgmode] Re: install and info
From: |
Bernt Hansen |
Subject: |
[Orgmode] Re: install and info |
Date: |
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:41:55 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) |
On three systems I have access to the info files are in /usr/share/info
- Debian
- FreeBSD
- Ubuntu
-Bernt
Carsten Dominik <address@hidden> writes:
> 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.
>>
>>
>> --
>> We are becoming the servants in thought, as in action, of the
>> machine we have created to serve us. ~John Kenneth Galbraith
>>
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- [Orgmode] install and info, Richard Riley, 2008/10/08
- R: [Orgmode] install and info, Giovanni Ridolfi, 2008/10/08
- Re: [Orgmode] install and info, Xiao-Yong Jin, 2008/10/08
- Re: [Orgmode] install and info, Carsten Dominik, 2008/10/09
- [Orgmode] Re: install and info,
Bernt Hansen <=
- [Orgmode] Re: install and info, Richard Riley, 2008/10/09
- [Orgmode] Re: install and info, Bernt Hansen, 2008/10/09
- Re: [Orgmode] Re: install and info, Xiao-Yong Jin, 2008/10/09
- Re: [Orgmode] Re: install and info, Richard Riley, 2008/10/09
- Re: [Orgmode] Re: install and info, Xiao-Yong Jin, 2008/10/09
[Orgmode] Re: install and info, Sivaram Neelakantan, 2008/10/10