fixing dir file

[Robert Rati <ratirh@cs.purdue.edu>]

I was reading through the postinstall scripts for dpkg and noticed it
appears to have a way to fix the /usr/info/dir file.  Is there a way to
get dpkg to fix this file?  It appears to have gotten corrupted somehow
and I now can't install some programs because install-info can't lock the
dir file for editing.  Anyone know how to fix this?

								Rob

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