Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0.23.2
Severity: wishlist
The version of install-info provided by dpkg is incompatible with the
version in (upstream) Texinfo. The major problem is that dpkg's
version doesn't recognize the INFO-DIR-SECTION marker in info files,
which does essentially the same thing as the --section switch. This
breaks Makefiles that expect install-info not to need a --section switch.
Here is a patch.
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--- install-info.1.4.0.23.2 Tue Jun 23 17:17:48 1998
+++ install-info Wed Nov 4 19:34:05 1998
@@ -114,7 +114,13 @@
open(IF,"$filename") || die "$name: read $filename: $!\n";
$asread='';
- while(<IF>) { last if m/^START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY$/; }
+ while(<IF>) {
+ m/^START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY$/ && last;
+ m/^INFO-DIR-SECTION (.+)$/ && do {
+ $sectiontitle = $1 unless defined($sectiontitle);
+ $sectionre = '^'.quotemeta($1) unless defined($sectionre);
+ }
+ }
while(<IF>) { last if m/^END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY$/; $asread.= $_; }
close(IF); &checkpipe;
if ($asread =~ m/(\* *[^:]+: *\([^\)]+\).*\. *.*\n){2,}/) {
