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From: Josh MacDonald <jmacd@CS.Berkeley.EDU>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/libgmp gmp.texi 
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> =?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= wrote:
> > On Sun, 12 Jan 1997, Peter Wemm wrote:
> > 
> > > peter       97/01/12 00:28:59
> > > 
> > >   Modified:    contrib/libgmp  gmp.texi
> > >   Log:
> > >   *gulp* break this file off the vendor branch in order to fix the
> > >   info entry.  It's a real shame that install-info can't override these.
> > 
> > I don't think that repository changes is good here, bsd.info.mk must
> > handle this situation instead.
> 
> Yes, that's what I was siggesting.  Once bsd.info.mk and/or install-info 
> can be taught to use a replacement info dir entry, then the tweaks to 
> gmp.texi and reno.texi can be removed.
> 
> There is a switch to install-info, ``--entry'' at first glance looked like 
> it should be able to solve the problem, but instead it causes an 
> additional "dir" entry instead of replacing the embedded string.  We need 
> some way of supplying an alternative "dir" entry.
> 
> Trying to sed the .texi files into the obj dir is messy, especially when 
> it's doing @include's to the source directory..  Getting bmake to do the 
> right thing sometimes is a pain.

Describe precisely the changes you want to install-info and I'll make them.
I already understand it (and modified it to add the --defentry and 
--defsection flags).

-josh