Bug#594384: gnat-4.4-doc: gnat_rm appears with the wrong version number in the top-level info index
Package: gnat-4.4-doc
Version: 4.4.4.nf1-1
Severity: normal
The issue is the top-level info index contains the following
entry:
* GNAT Reference Manual: (gnat_rm-4.3).
If you attempt to select that menu item by hitting the "enter" key the
result is the following error message
gnat_rm-4.3: No such file or directory
which is the expected result because that is the wrong version number.
The actual gnat-related info files and symlinks are
irwin@raven> ls -l /usr/share/info/gnat*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14372 May 2 23:31 /usr/share/info/gnat-style-4.4.info.gz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Aug 25 09:44 /usr/share/info/gnat-style.info.gz -> gnat-style-4.4.info.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 176034 May 2 23:31 /usr/share/info/gnat_rm-4.4.info.gz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Aug 25 09:44 /usr/share/info/gnat_rm.info.gz -> gnat_rm-4.4.info.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 305368 May 2 23:31 /usr/share/info/gnat_ugn-4.4.info.gz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Aug 25 09:44 /usr/share/info/gnat_ugn.info.gz -> gnat_ugn-4.4.info.gz
Because of those symlinks, I suggest the fix should be to drop that
version information completely from the top-level index, i.e., replace
the above with
* GNAT Reference Manual: (gnat_rm).
In fact, that is what is already done with
* GNAT User's Guide: (gnat_ugn).
Please note to trigger this bug you must actually try to use the menu
item as I have detailed above. The commands "info gnat_rm" (and "info
gnat_ugn") are not affected by the bug and therefore work fine.
Alan W. Irwin
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages gnat-4.4-doc depends on:
ii dpkg 1.15.7.2 Debian package management system
ii gcc-doc-base 4.4.4.nf1-1 several GNU manual pages
ii install-info 4.13a.dfsg.1-5 Manage installed documentation in
gnat-4.4-doc recommends no packages.
Versions of packages gnat-4.4-doc suggests:
ii doc-base 0.9.5 utilities to manage online documen
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