Hi all,
I got hold of the gnu install-info, and checked its command-line
arguments against those of dpkgs' install-info. From this, I've written a
shell script which tells from the command-line which install-info is
required. To use this, move the dpkg install_info to
/usr/bin/dinstall_info, and place the one that comes with texinfo as
/usr/bin/ginstall_info, with this as /usr/bin/install_info
If you like this, it could probably close #9771.
HTH,
Matthew
#! /bin/bash
# install_info.sh: checks command-line arguments for ones unique
# to either GNU install_info or dpkg install_info
# and calls the appropriate script,
# the Default being dpkg install_info
# This script Copyright C 1999 Matthew Vernon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
# Released under the GPL version 2
a=$@ #shift would mangle this otherwise
gnu_install_info=/usr/bin/ginstall_info
dpkg_install_info=/usr/bin/dinstall_info
if [ $# -eq 1 ]
then echo "Dpkg install-info to be used"
exit 0
fi
while [ $1 ]
do
case "$1" in
--dir-file=*|--entry=*|--delete|--info-file=*|--info-dir=*--item=*--section=*)
echo "Using GNU install-info"
$gnu_install_info $a
exit 0
;;
--section|--infodir=*|--align=*|--calign=*|--maxwidth=*|--description=*|--menuentry=*|--keep-old|--test)
echo "Using Dpkg install-info"
$dpkg_install_info $a
exit 0
;;
*)
;;
esac
shift
done
echo "Unable to determine which install-info to use, defaulting to dpkg's
version."
dpkg_install_info $a
