GNU bug report logs - #7942
23.2; Duplicate entries in Info dir file

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ulrich Mueller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>

Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:31:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Found in version 23.2

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 7942 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: ulm <at> gentoo.org, 7942 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7942: 23.2; Duplicate entries in Info dir file
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 05:54:34 +0200

> From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
> Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:17:59 -0500
> Cc: 7942 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> >> 	* Makefile.in (install-arch-indep): Don't run install-info if the
> >> 	pre-made Info dir file is being installed.
> >
> > Any chance that this will still make it into 23.3?
> 
> I think we should change our dir file so that it matches the dircategory
> tags in the manual files.

I think we should fix it the other way around: make the dircategory in
the manual files match what we want to see in `dir'.

> Is there any reason to use the "GNU Emacs Lisp", "Emacs editing
> modes", etc categories from that file?

They are much more logical than what the dircategory entries use.
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