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1 The `install-info' supplied with Debian Linux 1.3, and installed as
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2 `/usr/sbin/install-info' is not compatible with the official
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3 `install-info' from the Texinfo distribution. XEmacs package
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4 installation requires GNU `install-info'.
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6 We hope this issue will be made moot in the next release of Debian
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7 Linux. For now, Debian users need to get the Texinfo distribution
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8 (version 3.11 or above), then build and install GNU `install-info'
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9 where it will not conflict with the Debian version. When installing
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10 XEmacs packages, check the Makefile to make sure it refers to the GNU
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11 version of `install-info'.
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13 >>>>> sb == "Steve Baur" <steve@xemacs.org> writes:
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15 >> I still can't find an install-info for Debian Linux that isn't
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16 >> theirs.
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18 sb> ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/texinfo-3.11.tar.gz
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20 sb> Accept no substitutes.
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22 Mirrors are OK. :-)