Your message dated Sun, 6 Sep 2009 11:16:46 +0200
with message-id <20090906091646.ga13...@rivendell>
and subject line Re: Bug#164516: dpkg: install-info --remove only works the
second time
has caused the Debian Bug report #164516,
regarding [INSTALL-INFO] dpkg: install-info --remove only works the second time
to be marked as done.
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164516: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=164516
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.10.9
Severity: normal
$ sudo install-info /usr/share/info/coreutils.info
* GNU Utilities: (coreutils). GNU Utilities.
install-info(/usr/share/info/coreutils.info): no section specified for new
entry, placing at end
$ grep yes /usr/share/info/dir
* yes: (coreutils)yes invocation. Print a string
$ sudo install-info --remove /usr/share/info/coreutils.info
install-info(/usr/share/info/coreutils.info): deleting entry `* GNU Utilities:
(coreutils) ...'
$ grep yes /usr/share/info/dir
* yes: (coreutils)yes invocation. Print a string indefinitely.
$ sudo install-info --remove /usr/share/info/coreutils.info
install-info(/usr/share/info/coreutils.info): deleting entry `* basename:
(coreutils) ...'
$ grep yes /usr/share/info/dir
$
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Kernel Version: Linux gondolin 2.4.18-686-smp #1 SMP Sun Apr 14 12:07:19 EST
2002 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux
Versions of the packages dpkg depends on:
ii dselect 1.10.4 a user tool to manage Debian packages
ii libc6 2.2.5-14.3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 1.15.4
On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, [email protected] wrote:
> Package: dpkg
> Version: 1.10.9
> Severity: normal
>
> $ sudo install-info /usr/share/info/coreutils.info
> * GNU Utilities: (coreutils). GNU Utilities.
> install-info(/usr/share/info/coreutils.info): no section specified for new
> entry, placing at end
> $ grep yes /usr/share/info/dir
> * yes: (coreutils)yes invocation. Print a string
> $ sudo install-info --remove /usr/share/info/coreutils.info
> install-info(/usr/share/info/coreutils.info): deleting entry `* GNU
> Utilities: (coreutils) ...'
> $ grep yes /usr/share/info/dir
> * yes: (coreutils)yes invocation. Print a string indefinitely.
> $ sudo install-info --remove /usr/share/info/coreutils.info
> install-info(/usr/share/info/coreutils.info): deleting entry `* basename:
> (coreutils) ...'
> $ grep yes /usr/share/info/dir
This problem doesn't exist any more with GNU's install-info. Closing it
now that dpkg's install-info has been removed.
Cheers,
--
Raphaël Hertzog
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