Bug#534640: lintian should check that info files contains section and directory entry
On Fri, 26 Jun 2009, Raphaël Hertzog wrote:
> Since the upload of install-info to sid, packages installing info
> documentation should no more call install-info in their postinst.
Lintian could check this, it's probably best to add this check only once
debhelper has been fixed (see #534639).
> You should however explain that info-files must have the required
> entries (INFO-DIR-SECTION, START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY / END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY)
> so that they can be registered in the info directory file automatically.
> Bugs have been filed about this, example:
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=528864
This is the most important check to add in lintian. The long description
should give some hints on how this can be fixed (like in the bugreport).
Cheers,
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