diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index 34ed1827c..643c77ec3 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ +November 16th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 6 - Texinfo: Added note +about how to recreate the /usr/share/info/dir file if needed. Closes Bug +485. + November 14th, 2003 [greg]: Removed unnecessary Ncurses Vsscanf Patch. Closes Bug 704. 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. +The Info documentation system uses a plain text file to hold its list of +menu entries. The file is located at /usr/share/info/dir. +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 +/usr/share/info/dir file, the following optional commands +will accomplish the task: + +cd /usr/share/info +rm dir +for f in * +do install-info $f dir 2>/dev/null +done + diff --git a/index.xml b/index.xml index 5eeee4560..0958a69ad 100644 --- a/index.xml +++ b/index.xml @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ "/usr/share/docbook/docbookx.dtd" [ - - + +