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Bug 275641 - [Future EAPI] "newinfo" command
Summary: [Future EAPI] "newinfo" command
Status: RESOLVED CANTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Hosted Projects
Classification: Unclassified
Component: PMS/EAPI (show other bugs)
Hardware: All All
: High enhancement (vote)
Assignee: PMS/EAPI
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Blocks: future-eapi
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Reported: 2009-06-27 20:54 UTC by Ulrich Müller
Modified: 2019-08-25 19:23 UTC (History)
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Description Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2009-06-27 20:54:08 UTC
For some reason "doinfo" doesn't have a "newinfo" partner. This is inconsistent since almost all "do*" commands have one.

I think the most common usage case would be something like "newinfo foo foo.info" for packages that come with extensionless info files. See app-emacs/gnus or app-emacs/org-mode for real-life examples.
Comment 1 Ciaran McCreesh 2009-06-29 18:12:18 UTC
Let's use this bug as our first for the new way of status tracking.
Comment 2 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2010-10-07 06:47:19 UTC
Let's postpone this until the issues of bug 306445 have been sorted out.
Comment 3 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2010-10-25 00:09:48 UTC
Reopening for proper closing.

Looks like the only clean way to get an info file with a different name is to change the argument of @setfilename in the texinfo source file. Simply renaming the info file may break cross references. Therefore, a "newinfo" command is not a good idea.