The problem is that the installation script for 'gzip' wants to update the directory of info files ('/usr/info/dir') to contain a reference to the gzip documentation. When it is unable to find the file '/usr/info/dir', it exits with an error. dpkg takes this to mean that there was something wrong with the installation of the package and marks the package as 'broken'.
The temporary fix is to create the file /usr/info/dir, and then running 'dpkg --configure --pending' to try to configure the packages again. I'll look into changing install-info to be able to better cope with /usr/info/dir being missing. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .