Bug#3125: bug (and correction) in dpkg-1.1.6 scripts/install-info.pl

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

Kim-Minh Kaplan writes ("Re: Bug#3125: bug (and correction) in dpkg-1.1.6 scripts/install-info.pl"):
>   It looks like my previous mail didn't make it to the bug list; so
> much the better : after a little more study on Perl, I have simplified
> the code.  Still, inspect carefully begore using.

Everyone who saw my previous posting: please try Kim's posted script
instead !

>   Another word of warning if you plan on calling it in dpkg.postinst :
> it backups the dir file to dir.old, so the install-info command that
> would be found with it would make the real original file disappear.

Hmm.  I'll call install-info first :-).

>   BTW, what/where is dpkg-1.2.3 ?

dpkg 1.2.3 is the latest version, stuck in Incoming

>    And dpkg now defaults to
> --force-overwrite (bad IMHO), but --force-help doesn't say so.

I've changed --force-help, this will be in 1.2.4.  Having it enabled
is essential, or the installation tends to bomb out.  There are still
too many bugs of this form.

Bear in mind that previous dpkg's would do silently what the new ones
complain about doing.

Ian.