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Subject: emacsen-common: no way to install info pages
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From: Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu>
Date: 25 Feb 1998 15:00:45 -0500
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Package: emacsen-common
Version: 1.3-1

It's difficult to add a link to Info pages from the individual emacsen
Info pages.  I propose to add this to the Debian emacs policy
document:

    10) Installation of Info links for add-on packages

	Each emacsen main package will provide a file /usr/info/<emacs>, which
	will have the same format as the main info directory in /usr/info/dir.
	This file must not be gzipped.

	Each add-on package that includes Info documentation must use the
	install-info-altdir program to install and remove entries from the
	proper /usr/info/<emacs> directory files.  This should be done from
	the package's install and remove scripts.

	install-info-altdir is provided by emacsen-common.  The only
	difference from the ordinary install-info program is that
	install-info-altdir allows an alternate name to be specified for the
	Info directory file.

	If an addon package does not support an emacs flavor, then it should
	not install a link in that flavor's Info directory file.

I have prepared a version of /usr/sbin/install-info-altdir.  You can
find it at ftp://pfaffben.user.msu.edu/misc.