Hello. This is to warn interested parties that now that install-info is GNU install-info, the probability of a package shipping a file named /usr/share/info/dir.gz by mistake is now much higher than before.
Some packages using automake have a Makefile.in like this: install-info-am: [...] @if (install-info --version && \ install-info --version 2>&1 | sed 1q | grep -i -v debian) >/dev/null 2>&1; then \ [... code which uses install-info ... ] As "install-info --version" does not contain the string "debian" anymore, the test is true and the install-info part is actually executed. As a result, some packages ship /usr/share/info/dir.gz if the new install-info is present during the build. I'm going to fix my packages by patching Makefile.in so that it reads "@if false; then \", which is simple and effective, and avoids a "Build-Conflicts: install-info", but I believe this is actually a problem in automake, see Bug#543992 for details. Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org