reopen 451268 thanks Hi Karl,
you remember that for sure ... On Mi, 19 Dez 2007, Norbert Preining wrote: > you remember > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-texinfo/2007-10/msg00020.html > where the > This is foobar, produced by ... > ended up in the START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY? [...] I sent a "trial fix" ... > --- texinfo-4.11.dfsg.1.orig/makeinfo/insertion.c 2007-12-19 > 16:19:35.000000000 +0100 > +++ texinfo-4.11.dfsg.1/makeinfo/insertion.c 2007-12-19 16:19:41.000000000 > +0100 > @@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ > close_single_paragraph (); > filling_enabled = no_indent = 0; > inhibit_paragraph_indentation = 1; > - insert_string ("START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY\n"); > + add_word ("START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY\n"); > break; > > case documentdescription: which you installed. But it seems something else is broken: On Di, 25 Dez 2007, Sven Joachim wrote: [ again problems with install-info ] Not working version, created with makeinfo including the fix from above: > This is the header of /usr/share/info/zsh.info.gz: > > ,---- > | This is zsh.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.11 from tzsh.texi. > | > | INFO-DIR-SECTION Utilities > | START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY > | * ZSH: (zsh). The Z Shell Manual. > | END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY > `---- Working entry created with the old version of makeinfo 4.11 without the fix: > > And here is the header of /usr/share/info/zsh.info.gz in the working > 4.3.4-dev-6-1 version: > > ,---- > | This is zsh.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.11 from tzsh.texi. > | > | INFO-DIR-SECTION Utilities > | START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY > | * ZSH: (zsh). The Z Shell Manual. > | END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY > `---- I cannot check now for the format of these START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY but could it be that the additional spaces at the beginning are wrong? Strange enough I cannot see anything in the above fix which might cause this problem. Do you have any idea? Best wishes Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Norbert Preining <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vienna University of Technology Debian Developer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian TeX Group gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ford grabbed him by the lapels of his dressing gown and spoke to him as slowly and distinctly and patiently as if he were somebody from a telephone company accounts department. --- Ford trying to rectify that situation. --- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]