Your message dated Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:25:02 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#284991: dpkg: [INSTALL-INFO] --infodir doesn't behave
as advertised
has caused the Debian Bug report #284991,
regarding [INSTALL-INFO] appears to ignore --infodir option
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Package: dpkg
Version: 1.10.25
Severity: minor
The man page says
--infodir=infodir
Specifies that the dir file is, and the installed copy of the
new Info file was, is or will be located in infodir. The
default is /usr/info.
I used it with --infodir=/usr/local/share/info/, that directory having
no dir file, though it had the info file I was registering.
The dir file in /usr/share/info was updated despite the description
above saying the dir file in the directory I gave it would be updated.
Unless the tool (info, emacs) are good at merging multiple dir files,
I'd say the current behavior is desirable. But it doesn't match the
documentation.
I also assume the default on Debian is /usr/share/info (though
/usr/info does link there).
I don't see this exact problem reported, but I do see that the
documentation is from the GNU utility and doesn't always match the
Debian code. This may be another example of that.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (600, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.26advncd
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii dselect 1.10.25 a user tool to manage Debian packa
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
-- no debconf information
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On Mon, 22 May 2006, Ross Boylan wrote:
> iron:~# install-info --section Development
> --infodir=/usr/local/share/info /usr/local/share/info/autoconf.info.gz
The problem is here. --section needs 2 parameters and not only
one. Hence closing this bug.
Cheers,
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Raphaël Hertzog
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