On 8 August 2015 at 09:32, Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org> wrote: >> problems I foresee are >> that indirect sub-file tables have hitherto never contained absolute >> paths > > Why would it need to, since this is only about renaming the basename > of the Info file, isn't it?
Assuming you were asking about the absolute paths in the indirect table, this was to mimic a symbolic link from a different directory; for example from underneath a user's home directory, to a system directory, to which a user may not have write access, or to which the user may not wish to write. This was to enable per-user configuration, as mentioned in previous emails. >> >> and why is it important enough to add an extra feature for them that >> >> isn't needed on other operating systems, complicating the situation >> >> for everybody else who isn't using them? >> > >> > Init files are a widely used feature, it's not a complication at all. >> >> Clearly it is a complication to design an init file format, write code >> to parse it, and explain to users how to write such init files. > > Sorry, I don't follow: Info already supports an init file, so the > above code already exists, right? It existed for different purposes; extending it has all the problems I mentioned, and I expect and hope it will be unnecessary. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
