* configure.ac (INSTALL_INFO): Revert to just checking for "install-info".

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bb04bab6136..484c696cfcb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-05-18  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+        * configure.ac (INSTALL_INFO):
+        Revert to just checking for "install-info".
+
 2014-05-17  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
         * configure.ac (INSTALL_INFO): Try the identical-but-quieter-on-Debian
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f1ed74e2374..a29c786d63b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -969,7 +969,12 @@ dnl On some Debian versions, "install-info" prints irritating messages
 dnl "This is not dpkg install-info anymore, but GNU install-info"
 dnl if called via an absolute file name.
 dnl Use the entirely-identical-but-quieter ginstall-info instead if present.
-AC_PATH_PROGS(INSTALL_INFO, [ginstall-info install-info], :,
+dnl Sadly some people may have an old ginstall-info installed on
+dnl non-Debian systems, so we can't use this.
+dnl AC_PATH_PROGS(INSTALL_INFO, [ginstall-info install-info], :,
+dnl   $PATH$PATH_SEPARATOR/usr/sbin$PATH_SEPARATOR/sbin)
+
+AC_PATH_PROG(INSTALL_INFO, install-info, :,
   $PATH$PATH_SEPARATOR/usr/sbin$PATH_SEPARATOR/sbin)
 dnl Don't use GZIP, which is used by gzip for additional parameters.
 AC_PATH_PROG(GZIP_PROG, gzip)