GNU bug report logs - #13965
info.info conflict between emacs and texinfo

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>, Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123 <at> gmail.com>, 13965 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Texinfo <bug-texinfo <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#13965: info.info conflict between emacs and texinfo
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 21:28:54 +0200

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> i) doesn't occur on Debian-based systems
> (http://debbugs.gnu.org/14064#30)

Wrong.  You get different behaviour depending on how you search for info
files.

> ii) was solved two-years ago on RedHat-based systems in the rpm
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=927996#c11

This is even worse: two files with the same menu entry in the same info
directory.

> If I were packaging Emacs for a distribution (let me randomly say SUSE),
> I'd resolve this issue in the packaging step. But I'm just repeating
> myself (http://debbugs.gnu.org/14064#33). Obviously it's your decision.

Two packages fighting for the same file is bad.  Each time one package
is installed the other one is overwritten.

Andreas.

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