Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 05:32:49 -0800 From: Josh MacDonald <jmacd@CS.Berkeley.EDU> To: Peter Wemm <peter@spinner.dialix.com> Cc: CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-user@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/libgmp gmp.texi Message-ID: <199701121333.FAA13101@paris.CS.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 12 Jan 1997 20:23:20 %2B0800." <199701121223.UAA08936@spinner.DIALix.COM>
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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
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