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Re: info-dir translator
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Richard M. Stallman |
Subject: |
Re: info-dir translator |
Date: |
Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:13:08 -0400 |
But install-info would still have to be run when installing on any
non-Hurd system, right?
Yes.
So a Makefile (or equivalent) that avoids
install-info just on the Hurd actually has to do *more* work to detect
whether to run install-info.
You're mixing up two different things. The `install' target would be
what runs install-info. Unpacking a package for the Hurd won't run
the `install' target, or anything in the Makefile. No package installation
system runs the source package makefile.
We could create a special encapsulated environment in which you can
run `make install' and it will build the Hurd package for you. The
idea is that when `make install' tries to install in system-wide
directories or files, in this environment that will really just put
something in the binary package being constructed.
It's good that the Hurd makes this extra power available, but I'm not
sure using it in this way is a good idea. Introducing
incompatibilities in the facilities everyone already uses makes more
work for everyone.
It's not acceptable to stick with a GNU/Linux-style package manager.
We MUST take advantage of the power of the Hurd to do something better.
If it means some incompatibility, we have to live with that.
Re: info-dir translator, Richard M. Stallman, 2005/07/23
Re: info-dir translator, Richard M. Stallman, 2005/07/23