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| author | Greg Schafer <greg@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-11-17 04:03:27 +0000 |
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| committer | Greg Schafer <greg@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-11-17 04:03:27 +0000 |
| commit | 554b3660c95e80522befbb3ad5ab25bee047718a (patch) | |
| tree | 7d01e26593281923ae3c7b372a5575a7925905a9 /chapter06/texinfo.xml | |
| parent | d0dfce439ef2f3bfcd88ab9e69e6ad1956dfcd77 (diff) | |
Chapter 6 - Texinfo: Added note about how to recreate the /usr/share/info/dir file if needed. Closes Bug 485.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3108 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter06/texinfo.xml b/chapter06/texinfo.xml index a3d5cadd2..152dbb033 100644 --- a/chapter06/texinfo.xml +++ b/chapter06/texinfo.xml @@ -43,6 +43,20 @@ makefile variable holds the location of the root of your TeX tree if, for example, you plan to install a TeX package later on.</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> +<para>The Info documentation system uses a plain text file to hold its list of +menu entries. The file is located at <filename>/usr/share/info/dir</filename>. +Unfortunately, due to occasional problems in the Makefiles of various packages, +it can sometimes get out of step with the Info manuals actually installed on the +system. If ever you need to recreate the +<filename>/usr/share/info/dir</filename> file, the following optional commands +will accomplish the task:</para> + +<screen><userinput>cd /usr/share/info +rm dir +for f in * +do install-info $f dir 2>/dev/null +done</userinput></screen> + </sect2> </sect1> |