GNU bug report logs - #14064
info.info page has conflict with info package

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 14064 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Petr Hracek <phracek <at> redhat.com>
Subject: bug#14064: info.info page has conflict with info package
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:09:06 +0100

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

> They are basically exactly the same file, just provided by two packages.
> This is because both Emacs and Texinfo offer an info reader.
> Is this a problem? Surely there must be other instances of this kind of
> thing, and rpm must have a way to deal with this?

They are not identical, so you get a file conflict.  Also, the info
system does not allow two manuals with the same name.

Andreas.

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