Bug#139569: patch: info patch doesn't lead to the info docs

[Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es>]

reassign 139569 dpkg
thanks

Summary of this bug for the dpkg maintainers:

Debian install-info is unable to properly understand the contents of
the latest diffutils (2.8) info file. It says:

install-info: warning, ignoring confusing INFO-DIR-ENTRY in file.

The info file says:

START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
Diff: (diff).                 Comparing and merging files.
END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY

INFO-DIR-SECTION Individual utilities
START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
* cmp: (diff)Invoking cmp.                      Byte-by-byte diff.
* diff3: (diff)Invoking diff3.                  Three-way diff.
* patch: (diff)Invoking patch.                  Automatically applying diffs.
* sdiff: (diff)Invoking sdiff.                  Interactively merge files.
END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY

I understand that Debian install-info does not need to be command-line
compatible with GNU install-info, but in this case it is the
contents of the info file itself what Debian install-info does not
understand.

Thanks.


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