Here is a patch (in simple quilt format, needs to be dpatch-ed).
Important note: Don't ask me why, but apparently you need
"dpkg-buildpackage -B" to reproduce this bug.
(I was trying "dpkg-buildpackage" alone and it was not enough).
Thanks.
From: Santiago Vila <sanv...@debian.org>
Subject: Do not run install-info, no matter what
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
install-info :
if [ ! -d "$(DESTDIR)$(infodir)" ] ; then $(INSTALL_DIR)
"$(DESTDIR)$(infodir)" ; fi
$(INSTALL_DATA) $(VPATH)/doc/$(pkgname).info
"$(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/$(program_prefix)$(pkgname).info"
- -install-info --info-dir="$(DESTDIR)$(infodir)"
"$(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/$(program_prefix)$(pkgname).info"
+ # -install-info --info-dir="$(DESTDIR)$(infodir)"
"$(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/$(program_prefix)$(pkgname).info"
install-man :
if [ ! -d "$(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1" ] ; then $(INSTALL_DIR)
"$(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1" ; fi
