Bug#562832: /usr/bin/info: crashes when invoked with -k (apropos mode)

[Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de>]

On 28.12.09 Serafeim Zanikolas (serzan@hellug.gr) wrote:

> Package: info
> Version: 4.13a.dfsg.1-5
> Severity: normal
> File: /usr/bin/info

Hi,

> On an up-to-date sid installation, info works fine without any
> switches but always fails when invoked with -k:
> 
Can't reproduce this here.

hille@sid:~ $ info -k python
"(gettext)PO Files" -- no-python-format flag
"(gettext)Python" -- Python
"(gettext)PO Files" -- python-format flag
"(automake-1.11)Python" -- AM_PATH_PYTHON
"(automake-1.11)Python" -- _PYTHON
"(automake-1.11)Python" -- pkgpythondir
"(automake-1.11)Python" -- PYTHON <1>
"(automake-1.11)Uniform" -- PYTHON
"(automake-1.11)Python" -- PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX
"(automake-1.11)Python" -- PYTHON_PLATFORM
"(automake-1.11)Python" -- PYTHON_PREFIX
"(automake-1.11)Python" -- PYTHON_VERSION
"(automake-1.11)Python" -- pythondir
"(automake-1.11)Python" -- _PYTHON primary, defined
"(automake-1.11)Python" -- Primary variable, PYTHON
"(automake-1.11)Python" -- PYTHON primary, defined

The only difference between your and my system:

> Versions of packages info depends on:
> ii  install-info              4.13a.dfsg.1-5 Manage installed documentation in 
> ii  libc6                     2.9-23         GNU C Library: Shared libraries
> ii  libncurses5               5.7+20090803-2 shared libraries for terminal hand
> 
is the outdated libc6 version. Even testing has a newer one. Could
you upgrade and try again?

H.
-- 
sigmentation fault