That would be from your OS distribution zsh package.
Right, I know these paths vary between distros, not zsh's problem.
The default install path for packages NOT provided by the OS vendor isOk, so it's not an issue that distro info and user installed info are in different places. No problem to solve.under /usr/local, 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.
Tx. Sounds like a nothing burger all round.
So the remaining questions are whether it's safe to run a dev build within a stock 5.9 -- Lawrence seems to say so -- or whether to fret about dependencies or no need. And what's the git command to grab the latest and build it? I trust it will be simpler than installing from scratch.