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Subject: Re: [BUG] Failed to make install-info
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:03:55 -0800
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Cc: Jon Loeliger <jdl@jdl.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
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Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> writes:

> Le jeudi 13 d=C3=A9cembre 2007, Jon Loeliger a =C3=A9crit :
>> Guys,
>> I managed to fail to install info files during:
>>
>>     /usr/src/git# make prefix=3D/usr install-info
>
> I am also struggling with "make install-info" to make it install in=20
> ~/share/info/dir=20
>
> First it barfed because "~/share/info/dir" did not exist.
>
> Then it doesn't find "install-info" because it's in "/usr/sbin" on my=
 debian=20
> machine.
>
> I well tell if I get the same error as you. But right now I cannot=20
> invastigate more.

I personally feel that calling "install-info" is a bit too distro-ish
and should not be done in our Makefile vanilla build-and-install
procedure.