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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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