Re: print/texinfo renames info files unnecessarily so 'info gtexinfo' doesn't work

I think I understand what you're saying, but to make it clear, please send a diff.

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On 4 December 2025 11:29:28 Chris Billington <cbillington@emulti.net> wrote:

I noticed that the print/texinfo port (7.1) renames the executables to

'gtexinfo', 'gtexi2any' and so on, to avoid conflict with the older

version 4.2 of texinfo in Base.

A post-install target is also used to prefix the .info files installed

in /usr/local/info with 'g':

   cd ${PREFIX}/info && for i in *.info*; do mv $$i g$$i; done

However, after this renaming, 'info gtexinfo' and 'ginfo gtexinfo'

(etc...) do not work, because the metadata in the source .texi files

still refers to the original executable names. This metadata is put into

/usr/local/info/dir, and the renamed files are not found.

Removing the Makefile post-install line to rename the .info files

restores expected operation, that is:

'info texinfo' gives the info file for Texinfo 4.2 in base

'info gtexinfo' gives the info file for Texinfo 7.1 from ports.

'info 'gtexi2any' gives a manpage, but there is an up-to-date section

in 'info gtexinfo' that covers it, which is how I think it's supposed

to be.

'info ginfo-stnd' works OK.

I have tested the tweak on 7.8 Release/amd64.

 

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Chris Billington