Re: dpkg install-info bug

Hi Daniel, all,

On 30.07.2012, at 12:26, Daniel Macks wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:57:25 +0200, Max Horn <[email protected]> wrote:
[...]
>>>> Did this now:  <https://github.com/fink/fink/pull/37>
>> 
>> Since nobody commented on this pull request so far, I gather this 
>> means there are no observed issues with it. It is mostly 
>> straight-forward changes. Also, the "big" dpkg patch does not seem 
>> likely to be merged in the near future. Therefore, I plan to merge my 
>> pull request tonight, unless there are concrete objections. 
> 
> Quick feedback: "do it!". 

OK ;)

> 
> More detailed:
> 
> I think the install-info backup location has long been weird and nobody 
> could tell me why when I asked years ago, but inertia and usual "other 
> stuff is more important to fix" left it by the wayside. And I don't 
> even have memory of ever pondering why the default infodir isn't set to 
> fink's location. 

Aye.

> 
> Is the ncurses clang stuff the same as in the "real" (stable/) package?

No, these changes are atop the version from stable; I would commit them to stable at the same time as I merge them into fink/master.

But good that you mentioned it, I just noticed that my change for the 10.7/ncurses.info was missing the removal of the CompileScript. Harmless, but I'll correct this.


Max
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