Richard Riley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Xiao-Yong Jin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Richard Riley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> Bernt Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> >>>> On three systems I have access to the info files are in /usr/share/info >>>> >>>> - Debian >>>> - FreeBSD >>>> - Ubuntu >>> >>> Debian and Ubuntu should be the same I would think since Ubunti is >>> Debian based. >>> >>> But there is an org which ships with emacs. I would expect the info file >>> from that to be there. >>> >>> If one installs from CVS/git should it not be in /usr/local/share/info ? >>> >>> I really am not sure personally and frequently have had issues with >>> other packages and the installation and location of Info files. >>> >> >> This is the real problem. I guess most of the package >> managers are not happy with conflicting files from different >> packages. Gentoo, archlinux and FreeBSD are all not happy >> with this. So I just decided to install info files some >> where in my home directory and prepend that to my $INFOPATH. >> >> Xiao-Yong > > Did you have a local "dir" file too or put in a link into one of the > others?
Yes, I have a local "dir" file. In my case, % echo $INFOPATH /home/jin/etc/info: % ls /home/jin/etc/info/ dir emacs-w3m-ja.info emacs-w3m.info emms org > > I suspect this is getting a little OT now and more "How does info work" > :-; But it's reassuring to hear that others scratch their heads a little > too. I have lots of unresolved dir links since I removed (uninstalled > properly) emacs 22 and 21 and went for CVS Emacs 23 and that only adds > to my info woes ... As long as the file `dir' is in your $INFOPATH, it will be searched before the one(s) in your system. And that's how I override the system's while keep the system happy. Xiao-Yong -- c/* __o/* <\ * (__ */\ < _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode