From owner-freebsd-current Thu Mar 16 22:36:26 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from dt051n0b.san.rr.com (dt051n0b.san.rr.com [204.210.32.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1B7D37B538; Thu, 16 Mar 2000 22:36:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Doug@gorean.org) Received: from gorean.org (doug@master [10.0.0.2]) by dt051n0b.san.rr.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA22166; Thu, 16 Mar 2000 22:36:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Doug@gorean.org) Message-ID: <38D1D250.941CA715@gorean.org> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 22:36:00 -0800 From: Doug Barton Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT-0315 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ruslan Ermilov Cc: marcel@FreeBSD.org, Neil Blakey-Milner , current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: possible simple install-info fix References: <20000315174906.A54067@mithrandr.moria.org> <20000316095311.E40068@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 02:08:55PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: > > On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Neil Blakey-Milner wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I was looking into fixing the install-info problem, and wondered if the > > > solution is really as easy as it seems: > > > > Hmmm.... I had been thinking all along that the problem with > > install-info was that the system couldn't use the new binary. Are you > > saying here that installworld is trying to use the old version of > > install-info that is installed in the system? Please say it isn't so... > > > Yes, it is using the old binary. Eeek. > There were plans (Marcel?) to commit an installation tools support into > src/Makefile.inc1, but it was postponed until 4.0-RELEASE is done. > This is now happened, and I expect Marcel committing his staff soon. Ok, sounds like you guys have it under control. If the fix was this "easy," I really wish that someone had pushed for its inclusion in 4.0-Release. This is going to be a big problem for people, and there are enough hurdles into 4.0 already. :-/ Doug -- "While the future's there for anyone to change, still you know it seems, it would be easier sometimes to change the past" - Jackson Browne, "Fountain of Sorrow" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message