Bug#214684: dpkg: patch

[Ian Zimmerman <itz@buug.org>]

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.10.23
Followup-For: Bug #214684

This patch (comparing a diverted version I've been using for a long time) seems
to fix it for me.  It would be great if I could at last undivert it ...

--- /usr/sbin/install-info      2004-09-23 07:16:04.000000000 -0700
+++ /usr/sbin/install-info.distrib      2004-07-19 12:01:21.000000000 -0700
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@
         $mss= -1;
         for ($i=0; $i<=$#work; $i++) {
             $_= $work[$i];
-            next if m/^(\*|\s)/;
+            next if m/^\*/;
             next unless m/$sectionre/io;
             $mss= $i+1; last;
         }


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-5custom1
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii  dselect                     1.10.23      a user tool to manage Debian packa
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an

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