** Description changed: Binary package hint: dpkg GNU install-info (originally shipped with texinfo; now a separate package in Debian) and dpkg install-info are incompatible. Symptom: Package installation fails with the error message "install-info: no dir file specified" Workaround: Rename or remove GNU install-info at least temporarily. Often it will have been installed as /usr/local/bin/install-info Root cause: dpkg pre 1.15 used to ship its own, incompatible version of install-info. Various postinst etc scripts would invoke install-info with parameters which are acceptable to dpkg install-info, but incompatible with GNU install-info. Hence, if the PATH was set up so that a locally-installed GNU install-info got invoked from the postinst script, it would fail. + This typically happens to users who have installed a third-party package + such as TexLive2008 in /usr/local + I believe a permanent fix is going to be shipped with dpkg 1.15, slated (as I now understand it) for inclusion in Maverick. The fix is for dpkg to also use GNU install-info. See also http://wiki.debian.org/Transitions/DpkgToGnuInstallInfo I'm taking the liberty to create a new bug report to collect duplicates reported against various packages. This is a known problem, it is already fixed upstream; I just want there to be a central MASTER bug to collect all such reports.
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #9771 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=9771 ** Also affects: dpkg (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=9771 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Description changed: Binary package hint: dpkg GNU install-info (originally shipped with texinfo; now a separate package in Debian) and dpkg install-info are incompatible. Symptom: Package installation fails with the error message "install-info: no dir file specified" Workaround: Rename or remove GNU install-info at least temporarily. Often it will have been installed as /usr/local/bin/install-info Root cause: - dpkg pre 1.15 used to ship its own, incompatible version of install-info. Various postinst etc scripts would invoke install-info with parameters which are acceptable to dpkg install-info, but incompatible with GNU install-info. Hence, if the PATH was set up so that a locally-installed GNU install-info got invoked from the postinst script, it would fail. + dpkg pre 1.15.4 used to ship its own, incompatible version of install-info. Various postinst etc scripts would invoke install-info with parameters which are acceptable to dpkg install-info, but incompatible with GNU install-info. Hence, if the PATH was set up so that a locally-installed GNU install-info got invoked from the postinst script, it would fail. This typically happens to users who have installed a third-party package such as TexLive2008 in /usr/local - I believe a permanent fix is going to be shipped with dpkg 1.15, slated - (as I now understand it) for inclusion in Maverick. The fix is for dpkg - to also use GNU install-info. + As far as the upstream Debian infrastructure is concerned, an important + milestone is dpkg 1.15.4 which was included in Karmic. The fix is for + dpkg to also use GNU install-info. + + However, this still fails to address the situation when an incompatible + install-info is in dpkg's PATH before the Debian versions. See also http://wiki.debian.org/Transitions/DpkgToGnuInstallInfo I'm taking the liberty to create a new bug report to collect duplicates reported against various packages. This is a known problem, it is already fixed upstream; I just want there to be a central MASTER bug to collect all such reports. -- [MASTER] Conflict between dpkg install-info and GNU install-info https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/630326 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Registry Administrators, which is the registrant for Debian. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~registry Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~registry More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
