Bug#147492: dpkg: install-info doesn't handle multiple info dir entries
severity important
thanks
On Sun, 19 May 2002, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> The GNU autoconf upstream package has multiple Info directory
> entries listed in its Info file, like this:
>
> INFO-DIR-SECTION GNU admin
> START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
> * Autoconf: (autoconf). Create source code configuration scripts
> END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
>
> INFO-DIR-SECTION Individual utilities
> START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
> * autoscan: (autoconf)autoscan Invocation.
> Semi-automatic `configure.ac' writing
> * ifnames: (autoconf)ifnames Invocation.
> Listing the conditionals in source code
> * autoconf: (autoconf)autoconf Invocation.
> How to create configuration scripts
> * autoreconf: (autoconf)autoreconf Invocation.
> Remaking multiple `configure' scripts
> * configure: (autoconf)configure Invocation.
> Configuring a package
> * config.status: (autoconf)config.status Invocation.
> Recreating a configuration
> * testsuite: (autoconf)testsuite Invocation.
> Running an Autotest test suite
> END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
>
> The install-info script ignores all of these after the first.
Dpkg developers(mainly Wichert): I'll fix this, for dpkg 1.10. Don't upload
it until this is pending.
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