On 2017-12-06 09:32, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2013-07-10 21:32 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > > > On 2009-07-11 08:02 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > > > >> tags 536506 + patch > >> thanks > >> > >> On 2009-07-11 02:06 +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > >> > >>> tag 536506 + help > >>> thanks > >>> > >>> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 05:56:01PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > >>>> Package: glibc-doc-reference > >>>> Version: 2.9-1 > >>>> Severity: normal > >>>> > >>>> Your package puts an entry for every libc function and macro into the > >>>> main info directory, using up more than 1700 lines. This has been > >>>> triggered by the transition to GNU's install-info; apparently the dpkg > >>>> implementation ignored secondary INFO-DIR-SECTION entries. > >>>> > >>> > >>> Could you have more details about what should be changed to fix that? > >> > >> There should not be a direntry for every function (upstream includes > >> them on purpose, but this is a big abuse, that is what indices are > >> for). The following minimal patch avoids this: > >> > >>--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > >> --- glibc-doc-reference-2.9.orig/manual/libc.texinfo > >> +++ glibc-doc-reference-2.9/manual/libc.texinfo > >> @@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ > >> @direntry > >> * Libc: (libc). C library. > >> @end direntry > >> -@include dir-add.texi > >> > >> @c This tells texinfo.tex to use the real section titles in xrefs in > >> @c place of the node name, when no section title is explicitly given. > >>--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > > > Alas, this patch got lost in the 2.17-1 upload although it still > > applies. Perhaps a patch system would have avoided this problem? > > There is now a patch system, but the patch for this bug (along with a > few others which may or may not still be relevant) has not been applied
Most of the patches where tweak to the build system which has been addressed in a different way, or files taken from the main repository, which are now directly part of the tarball. > when converting to the 3.0 (quilt) format. So I'm attaching it again. I indeed missed the purpose for that one. Thanks, I'll apply it for the next upload. Aurelien -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 4096R/1DDD8C9B [email protected] http://www.aurel32.net
