Re: address@hidden: install-info]

[Norbert Preining]

Hi Karl!

On Die, 31 Jan 2006, Karl Berry wrote:
> this problem of *very* long standing.  Basically, the only real fix I
> can imagine is for GNU install-info to adopt the features of Debian
> install-info, and Debian install-info to adopt the features of GNU
> install-info.  Can you look at the two programs and see what that would
> involve?  Of course, if you want to do any programming, so much the
> better :).

In some spare minutes I made a list of options and their behaviour. I
attach it here for your convenience.

What I think would be the perfect solution if we could take teh Debian
install-info, which has more options AND is a perl script (not very long
and complicated) and adapt it to accept the GNU install-info argumetns.

Then we could forget the binary install-info and would have only one.

WOuld this be acceptable for you? 

Perl I could start hacking, trying to merge the options so that both are
supported. C code I don't want to start ;-) (I could, but I am too lazy
to reactivate the C portions of by brain ...)


Best wishes

Norbert

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