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Date:	Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:50:52 -0500
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Info.gz files
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On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 10:49:55AM +0100, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
>Hallo David,
>
>Am Montag, 22. Dezember 2003 um 01:08 schriebst du:
>
>> I notice that some of the larger info files, notably gcc & related files 
>> plus the Cygwin-ug files, are in /usr/share/info as xxx.info.gz files.
>
>> Is info (supposed to be) able to handle these directly?  If so, is 
>> special action appropriate to get them listed in the dir file -- on my 
>> system they are simply not being seen.
>> Of course, I can unzip them - but why use up the space if info can do it 
>> dynamically.
>
>I thought that info is able to handle this directly, therefore I
>provide the info pages compressed.  If the info files are not seen,
>then the script /etc/postinstall/update-info-dir.sh needs to be
>updated. 

The update-info-dir.sh script should have no problems with compressed files,
assuming that install-info has no problems.

cgf

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