Package: dpkg Version: 1.4.1.13 Severity: normal install-info seems to get completely confused by info files with more than one entry (like the ones from some devel packages). This is a sample (from my dir file):
* readelf: (binutils)readelf. Display the contents of ELF format files. * size: (binutils)size. List section sizes and total size * strings: (binutils)strings. List printable strings from files * strip: (binutils)strip. Discard symbols * c++filt: (binutils)c++filt. Filter to demangle encoded C++ symbols * cxxfilt: (binutils)c++filt. MS-DOS name for c++filt * addr2line: (binutils)addr2line. Convert addresses to file and line * nlmconv: (binutils)nlmconv. Converts object code into an NLM * windres: (binutils)windres. Manipulate Windows resources * dlltool: (binutils)dlltool. Create files needed to build and use DLLs * Stabs: (stabs). The "stabs" debugging information format. * Standards: (standards). GNU coding standards * strings: (binutils)strings. List printable strings from files * strip: (binutils)strip. Discard symbols * c++filt: (binutils)c++filt. Filter to demangle encoded C++ symbols * cxxfilt: (binutils)c++filt. MS-DOS name for c++filt * addr2line: (binutils)addr2line. Convert addresses to file and line * nlmconv: (binutils)nlmconv. Converts object code into an NLM The out of order entries are no real problem -- the problem is the duplicate entries (seems they weren't removed correctly), but having them in the right order (which might mean splitting entries from the same info file most of the time) would help. A fixup-mode to order things again (including the sections themselves) and remove duplicates or entries without the corresponding info files (leftovers from failed removes) would fix the bug if applied before and after each change. Having a mode like this (and running it on dpkg's postinst) would help to clean up the current mess on unstable systems too (it would be a special install-info mode then). Of course, this brings back the question whether dir shouldn't be a /var file maintained by dpkg and not an unmanaged created-on-that-install-two-centuries- ago stray file. The way it is currently makes it way too hard to change the introdutory text after the file has been created the first time. -- System Information Debian Release: potato Kernel Version: Linux cesarb1 2.2.12 #1 Sun Aug 29 16:07:07 EST 1999 i386 unknown Versions of the packages dpkg depends on: ii libc6 2.1.2-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and timezone ii libncurses4 4.2-3.4 Shared libraries for terminal handling ii libstdc++2.10 2.95.2-0pre2 The GNU stdc++ library
