reopen 213524 thanks Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [...] >> In the most recent dpkg package, "install-info --version" now shows its >> output on stdout, not stderr.
>> As a result, this code in /usr/share/automake-1.7/am/texinfos.am >> does not work as expected anymore: [...] >> @if (install-info --version && \ >> install-info --version | grep -i -v debian) >/dev/null 2>&1; >> then list='$(INFO_DEPS)'; \ [...] > I'm not fixing this bug. automake should not be doing what it is > doing, as it was bound to fail. automake was depending on > questionable, and wrong behaviour, and it's not surprising it died > as it has. Hello, Nobody is arguing that the test is not broken and automake1.7 has already been fixed [1], however this does not help at all. There are tons of packages in the archive with the broken test from automake included that do not invoke automake at build-time, *all* of these suddenly have a (hidden) rc-bug, only appearing when building on a system with dpkg >= 1.10.11. When we are thinking about a release introducing a big number of rc-bugs to fix a cosmetical issue in dpkg is not acceptable. cu andreas PS: Pleae do'nt cc me on replies, I am subscribed to both -devel and -bugs-rc. [1] 1.6 hasn't, I have submitted a bug report -- "See, I told you they'd listen to Reason," [SPOILER] Svfurlr fnlf, fuhggvat qbja gur juveyvat tha. Neal Stephenson in "Snow Crash"