Re: [STUMP] [PATCH] Make install-info configurable

[Teemu Likonen]

On 2009-07-05 23:59 (+0300), Teemu Likonen wrote:

> This change drops the hard-coded install-info from Makefile.in and makes
> configure script check the program from the path. Only a warning is
> displayed when install-info doesn't exist because info manual is not
> essential for compiling. It is also possible to configure install-info
> by passing variable INSTALL_INFO to "make" command.
>
> The previous hard-coded install-info works usually fine but in Debian
> GNU/Linux systems there are two versions for the program:
> /usr/sbin/install-info and /usr/bin/ginstall-info. The former is
> Debian's custom tool and the latter is the more common GNU install-info.
> (It seems that there are plans to drop the custom version and switch to
> the GNU version.) The GNU version is more friendly when installing info
> manuals with normal user's access; therefore this change is probably
> welcomed by Debian users who want to install StumpWM under $HOME.
>
> Signed-off-by: Teemu Likonen <address@hidden>

Argh, forget this patch, it doesn't work. I had INSTALL_INFO variable
already set so I was fooled by it. I'll try to make a proper patch.