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Re: [PATCH 2/3] Documentation/Makefile: move infodir to be with other '*dir's

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 12, 2013, 21:01 UTC
Message-ID
<20130212210138.GE12240@google.com>
In-Reply-To
<dcc4f597f26531b79bd9f097c73f6f186b73c81d.1360700102.git.john@keeping.me.uk>
John Keeping wrote:
> Signed-off-by: John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>
[...]
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> --- a/Documentation/Makefile
> +++ b/Documentation/Makefile
> @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ DOC_MAN7 = $(patsubst %.txt,%.7,$(MAN7_TXT))
>  prefix ?= $(HOME)
>  bindir ?= $(prefix)/bin
>  htmldir ?= $(prefix)/share/doc/git-doc
> +infodir ?= $(prefix)/share/info
>  pdfdir ?= $(prefix)/share/doc/git-doc
>  mandir ?= $(prefix)/share/man
>  man1dir = $(mandir)/man1
> @@ -98,7 +99,6 @@ RM ?= rm -f
>  MAN_REPO = ../../git-manpages
>  HTML_REPO = ../../git-htmldocs
>  
> -infodir ?= $(prefix)/share/info
>  MAKEINFO = makeinfo

Is this another stylefix or is there a functional reason for this change?

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Message 5 of 20 in “Fix installation paths with "make install-doc"”
  1. 0/3 Fix installation paths with "make install-doc"John Keeping, Feb 12, 2013
  2. 1/3 Documentation/Makefile: fix spaces around assignmentsJohn Keeping, Feb 12, 2013
  3. Jonathan NiederFeb 12, 2013
  4. 2/3 Documentation/Makefile: move infodir to be with other '*dir'sJohn Keeping, Feb 12, 2013
  5. Jonathan NiederFeb 12, 2013
  6. John KeepingFeb 12, 2013
  7. 3/3 Documentation/Makefile: fix inherited {html,info,man}dirJohn Keeping, Feb 12, 2013
  8. Jonathan NiederFeb 12, 2013
  9. John KeepingFeb 12, 2013
  10. Jonathan NiederFeb 12, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoFeb 12, 2013
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 12, 2013
  13. John KeepingFeb 12, 2013
  14. Junio C HamanoFeb 12, 2013
  15. Makefile: do not export mandir/htmldir/infodirJunio C Hamano, Feb 12, 2013
  16. Jonathan NiederFeb 12, 2013
  17. John KeepingFeb 12, 2013
  18. Makefile: make mandir, htmldir and infodir absoluteJohn Keeping, Feb 24, 2013
  19. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2013
  20. John KeepingFeb 12, 2013

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