Bug#164516: dpkg: install-info --remove only works the second time
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.10.9
Severity: normal
$ sudo install-info /usr/share/info/coreutils.info
* GNU Utilities: (coreutils). GNU Utilities.
install-info(/usr/share/info/coreutils.info): no section specified for new entry, placing at end
$ grep yes /usr/share/info/dir
* yes: (coreutils)yes invocation. Print a string
$ sudo install-info --remove /usr/share/info/coreutils.info
install-info(/usr/share/info/coreutils.info): deleting entry `* GNU Utilities: (coreutils) ...'
$ grep yes /usr/share/info/dir
* yes: (coreutils)yes invocation. Print a string indefinitely.
$ sudo install-info --remove /usr/share/info/coreutils.info
install-info(/usr/share/info/coreutils.info): deleting entry `* basename: (coreutils) ...'
$ grep yes /usr/share/info/dir
$
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Kernel Version: Linux gondolin 2.4.18-686-smp #1 SMP Sun Apr 14 12:07:19 EST 2002 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux
Versions of the packages dpkg depends on:
ii dselect 1.10.4 a user tool to manage Debian packages
ii libc6 2.2.5-14.3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
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