Re: point to "info coreutils cmd" instead of "info cmd" in manpage

[Theodoros V. Kalamatianos]

On Sat, 31 Dec 2005, The Wanderer wrote:

> Entering 'info mv' brings up an info interface to the exact same page, 
> including the same suggestion at the bottom. This is probably more a 
> Debian issue than a coreutils one, though.

I think it has to do with whether the directory file (dir) in infodir is 
correctly updated. IIRC info first uses this file to detect any nodes. If 
it cannot find a reference in there it tries infodir/<topic>.info and if 
that fails as well it outputs the manpage on <topic>. It is somewhat 
difficult, though, to keep the directory file updated with full entry 
hierarchies, rather than just the top node.

I believe that the suggested info command should be "info coreutils cmd", 
as others suggested, since it is not possible to assure that the directory 
file will always be updated correctly. Most GNU packages produce a dir 
file with a full entry hierarchy, but it is not easy to automatically 
integrate it in the system dir file, and it's even more difficult to 
remove/update the entries. Perhaps I am missing something though...


Regards,

Theodoros Kalamatianos