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+# As featured in many Slackbuilds:
+
+if [ -x /usr/bin/install-info -a -d usr/info ]; then
+ ( cd usr/info
+ rm -f dir
+ for i in *.info*; do /usr/bin/install-info $i dir 2>/dev/null; done
+ )
+fi
+
+echo << END
+Note: don't compress the info files because maxima uses them as
+internal help files and currently isn't able to decompress them on
+the fly. "info" can handle uncompressed files.
+END
+
+echo << END
+Note: lisp files were added to /usr/info because maxima needs them
+END
if [ -x /usr/bin/update-desktop-database ]; then
/usr/bin/update-desktop-database -q /usr/share/applications >/dev/null 2>&1