Re: build from source

[Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Feb 2, 2024 at 3:08 PM Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 2024-02-02 08:14, Ray Andrews wrote:
> > If the programme install-info is available, "make install.info" will
> >
> > insert an entry in the file "dir" in the same directory as the info ...
> >
> Weeell, all my info files are in '/usr/share/info' and they end in .gz

That would be from your OS distribution zsh package.

> New zsh info files are in
> '/usr/local/share/info' all by themselves and they are viewable.

The default install path for packages NOT provided by the OS vendor is
under /usr/local, yes.

> ( .gz = zipped yes?  So info is happy either way it seems).

Using "gzip" (GNU zip) rather than "zip", yes.

> ... shows 5.9 version.  Funny thing is that 'dir' in '/usr/share/info'
> has been updated so it would seem that it's anticipating an update to
> the main info tree, but all the files are old.  Is there a manual fix
> for this?

https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/InfoPath

The "info" program should recognize the equivalent.