Re: missing fix-info-dir in dist tar balll; RFE: integrate fix-info-dir script into info binary

[Gavin Smith]

On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 12:37:40AM +0000, Tomasz Kłoczko wrote:
> > Which distributions use the script and when/how is it run?
> >
> 
> Fedora is using it
> https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/texinfo/tree/rawhide
> https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/texinfo/blob/rawhide/f/texinfo.spec#_107
> It is very useful on regenerate dir file after any changes on add/remove
> info pages on add/remove/upgrade packages which provide documentation as
> info pages.
> I'm using it in my own distribution as well.
> 
> > The script appears to have hardly any attention paid to it since
> > it was written (the copyright year in the version message is still
> > printed as 1998!).
> >
> 
> And that's OK because it still works as expected.
> In Fedora there are two small fixes which can be committed to the texinfo
> source tree.

Debian has its update-info-dir script which is similar but we don't
distribute update-info-dir as part of Texinfo or keep a copy in the
source repository.

It seems from the Fedora links that the script is kept in a git
repository.  They don't rely on getting it from a Texinfo distribution.
I think the file can be copied where needed to other distributions.

Are these the two fixes you referred to?
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/texinfo/blob/rawhide/f/texinfo-6.5-fix-info-dir.patch