mysql.info, INSTALL-BINARY, INSTALL-SOURCE, ReadMe.txt, Docs/Makefile.am:

  Let place holders for real documentation have text that
  makes sense to the user (Bug#25205)

Docs/INSTALL-BINARY

+
+You can find information about how to install binary distributions at
+
+  http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/quick-standard-installation.html
+
+The MySQL Reference Manual is also available in various formats on
+http://dev.mysql.com/doc; if you're interested in the DocBook XML
+sources go to http://svn.mysql.com.

Docs/Makefile.am

@@ -14,38 +14,15 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 
-noinst_SCRIPTS =	Support/generate-text-files.pl
-
-EXTRA_DIST =		$(noinst_SCRIPTS) mysql.info INSTALL-BINARY
-
-all:			txt_files
-
-txt_files:		../INSTALL-SOURCE \
-			INSTALL-BINARY ../support-files/MacOSX/ReadMe.txt
+EXTRA_DIST =		mysql.info INSTALL-BINARY
 
 # make sure that "make install" installs the info page, too
 # automake only seems to take care of this automatically,
 # if we're building the info page from texi directly.
-install-data-hook:	mysql.info
+install-data-hook:	$(EXTRA_DIST)
 	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/mysql.info $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)
-
-CLEAN_FILES:		$(txt_files)
-	touch $(txt_files)
-
-GT = $(srcdir)/Support/generate-text-files.pl
-
-../INSTALL-SOURCE:	mysql.info $(GT)
-	perl -w $(GT) mysql.info "installing-source" "windows-source-build" > $@
-
-# We put the description for the binary installation here so that
-# people who download source wont have to see it. It is moved up to
-# the toplevel by the script that makes the binary tar files.
-INSTALL-BINARY:	mysql.info $(GT)
-	perl -w $(GT) mysql.info "installing-binary" "installing-source" > $@
-
-../support-files/MacOSX/ReadMe.txt:	mysql.info $(GT)
-	perl -w $(GT) mysql.info "mac-os-x-installation" "netware-installation" > $@
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/INSTALL-BINARY $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)
 
 # Don't update the files from bitkeeper
 %::SCCS/s.%

Docs/Support/generate-text-files.pl

-#!/usr/bin/perl -w -*- perl -*-
-# Generate text files from top directory from the manual.
-
-$from = shift(@ARGV);
-$fnode = shift(@ARGV);
-$tnode = shift(@ARGV);
-
-open(IN, "$from") || die "Cannot open $from: $!";
-
-$in = 0;
-
-while (<IN>)
-{
-  if ($in)
-  {
-    if (/Node: $tnode,/ || /\[index/)
-    {
-      $in = 0;
-    }
-    elsif (/^File: mysql.info/ || (/^/))
-    {
-      # Just Skip node beginnings
-    }
-    else
-    {
-      print;
-    }
-  }
-  else
-  {
-    if (/Node: $fnode,/)
-    {
-      $in = 1;
-      # Skip first empty line
-      <IN>;
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-close(IN);
-
-die "Could not find node \"$tnode\"" if ($in == 1);
-exit 0;

Docs/mysql.info

-This is mysql.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.8 from manual.texi.
 
-START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
-* mysql: (mysql).               MySQL documentation.
-END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
-
-
-File: mysql.info,  Node: Top,  Next: (dir),  Prev: (dir),  Up: (dir)
-
-This is an empty placeholder file for the MySQL manual.
-
-The MySQL manual is now maintained in a separate BitKeeper source tree!
-Please see `http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Installing_source_tree.html'
-for more info on how to work with BitKeeper.
-
-This file will be replaced with the current `mysql.info' when building
-the official source distribution.
-
-You can find a specific manual for any older version of MySQL in the
-binary or source distribution for that version.
-
-
-
-Tag Table:
-Node: Top166
-
-End Tag Table
+The MySQL Reference Manual is available in various formats on
+http://dev.mysql.com/doc; if you're interested in the DocBook XML
+sources go to http://svn.mysql.com.

INSTALL-SOURCE

+
+You can find information about how to install from a source distributions at
+
+  http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/installing-source.html
+
+The MySQL Reference Manual is also available in various formats on
+http://dev.mysql.com/doc; if you're interested in the DocBook XML
+sources go to http://svn.mysql.com.

support-files/MacOSX/ReadMe.txt

+
+You can find information about how to install on Mac OS X at
+
+  http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/mac-os-x-installation.html
+
+The MySQL Reference Manual is also available in various formats on
+http://dev.mysql.com/doc; if you're interested in the DocBook XML
+sources go to http://svn.mysql.com.