[bug-notifications] [texinfo 0004379]: Bash dependancy

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http://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=4379 
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Reported By:                yann
Assigned To:                dam
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Project:                    texinfo
Issue ID:                   4379
Category:                   packaging
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             2010-03-27 17:43 CET
Last Modified:              2010-03-27 20:54 CET
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Summary:                    Bash dependancy
Description: 

I saw in bug http://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=3613 that you depend on
CSWbash as one texinfo script
requires bash.
However there is an info file in bash:

  -  if texinfo is not installed, I have "CSWtexinfo not found" message.
Installation works but it's not really nice.

  - if I depend on texinfo, it a cyclic dependancy as texinfo depend on
bash.

I see several solution to this probleme:

  - make texinfo scripts use SUN bash instead of OpenCSW one and suppress
the dependancy.
 
  - change the "CSWtexinfo not found" message to something nicer, for
example, a message that explain the impact of texinfo not being found (I
don't know it myself) and how to install it;

  - do not display a message at all. If someone want info files, it needs
to install texinfo.

   solution 2 & 3 would require to have the texinfo postinstall launch
install-info for every info file installed prior the package installation.
It's maybe already done, I have not checked.

What's your opinion on this ?
 


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 (0007759) dam (administrator) - 2010-03-27 20:54
 http://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=4379#c7759 
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Solution 2 has already been implemented, the text now reads
  (texinfo will be registered when CSWtexinfo is installed)
and will be updated when CSWcswclassutils will next be released:
 
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/gar/browser/csw/mgar/pkg/cswclassutils/trunk/files/CSWcswclassutils.i.cswtexinfo#L20
The behaviour is documented at
  http://wiki.opencsw.org/cswclassutils-package#toc19
Where have you looked for docs so I can add it to a more findable place?