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Subject: RE: upset2 improvement for automatic /usr/info/dir generation
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Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 07:48:32 +1000
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cgf AT redhat DOT com] 
> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 7:25 AM

> Anyway, I'll be implementing this in the next couple of days. 
>  This is just a heads up.  This means that special "generate 
> info file" logic can safely be removed from setup, I think.

There isn't any in setup right now :}. I like the regex approach, I
don't like the triggered download of this package.

IMO it would be better to spit the dummy and reject the package if it
doesn't have some other well-known file 
(ie if it has any .info file, it ust have a
/etc/setup/postinstall/foo.sh that includes a call to install-info)

This is obviously harder to do, but I think will give better results -
on bandwidth and list questions - long term.
 

What do you think?

Rob