[arch-dev-public] Fix texinfo-based depcycles in core

[Aaron Griffin]

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org> wrote:
> Aaron Griffin wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Dan McGee <dpmcgee at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This idea is Thomas', I take no credit, except that I actually wrote it
>>>>> up.
>>>>>
>>>>> The idea:
>>>>> texinfo, on install, processes all info files. bash and glibc (and,
>>>>> likely, other packages in core) no longer need to depend on texinfo,
>>>>> but should check for install-info in the scriptlets before running.
>>>>>
>>>>> a) user installs bash and glibc. No info files are processed, texinfo
>>>>> not installed
>>>>>  user then installs texinfo, all info files are processed
>>>>> b) user installs texinfo first (somehow)
>>>>>  user then installs bash, info files processed due to existence of
>>>>> install-info
>>>>> c) user follows case a or b
>>>>>  user upgrades bash or glibc, info files processed as normal due to
>>>>> presence of install-info
>>>>>
>>>>> Any issues with this? See attached patch. Please review. If possible,
>>>>> this needs to go to core before we release the ISOs.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Seems reasonable for now. Basically any package in core should
>>>> 1) not depend on texinfo
>>>> 2) attempt to call install-info if it has info pages AND install-info is
>>>> found?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yeah
>>>
>>> I guess, technically all packages should check for install-info before
>>> actually doing anything - it's only proper.
>>>
>>> Allan, can we get the proto file updated with the -x check (and full
>>> paths) ?
>>>
>>
>> Any opinions on this (well, the second email, with the fixed patch) ?
>>
>
> That fix looks good to me.  How long does it take to scan all info pages
> when reinstalling texinfo on a system with a decent number of packages
> installed?
>
> I will update the proto file soon.

The "scan all" is only done on _install_ not on upgrade. On upgrade it
just does it's thing with its own info files