Re: Bug#457741: Bug#460158: zsh-doc would not install
reassign 457741 texinfo
thanks
On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 08:58:18 +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jan 2008, Clint Adams wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 12:35:57AM +0100, arno renevier wrote:
> > > zsh-doc upgrade did not work today.
> > > I tried to uninstall, and reinstall, and it looks like package is
> > > uninstallable. Here is the output I get with aptitude install zsh-doc:
> >
> > This is bug #457741 on dpkg.
>
> I haven't investigated at all and I'm in no way an expert concerning info
> files. But from what I've read, I must say that I'm not yet sure that
> it's a bug in dpkg...
>
> Is there a real standard on what an info file should look like ? Or are we
> at the mercy of every output change of the info file generator ?
>
> I'd gladly fix install-info (until we manage to get rid of it that is :))
> if someone could point me to relevant information.
I don't think we should fix this in dpkg. I don't think it's a bug in
install-info, otherwise installing any package from testing/unstable
on etch will fail, like on a partial upgrade.
regards,
guillem
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