Bug#543340: "info automake" gives automake-1.11 documentation instead of automake-1.16

[Vincent Lefevre]

Control: reassign -1 automake1.11 1:1.11.6-5
Control: tags -1 - unreproducible
Control: severity -1 important

On 2020-04-12 23:36:48 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> This still occurs when automake1.11 (which is still in Debian)
> is installed.

This seems to be a bug in automake1.11, which steals the "Automake"
entry from the latest version.

In the /usr/share/info/automake-1.11.info.gz file:

START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
* Automake: (automake-1.11). Making GNU standards-compliant Makefiles.
END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY

In the /usr/share/info/automake-1.16.info.gz file:

START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
* Automake: (automake-1.16). Making GNU standards-compliant Makefiles.
END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY

Other packages use the alternatives mechanism, which should probably
be better if done correctly.

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Bug#543340: "info automake" gives automake-1.11 documentation instead of automake-1.16

[Vincent Lefevre]

Control: retitle -1 "info automake" gives automake-1.11 documentation instead 
of the latest version when automake1.11 is installed
Control: found -1 1:1.16.1-4

On 2015-01-26 03:31:46 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> Control: retitle -1 "info automake" gives automake-1.10 documentation instead 
> of the latest version when automake1.10 is installed
> 
> On 2015-01-25 15:04:16 -0500, Eric Dorland wrote:
> > That is odd. I get the latest info documentation when I do this. Are
> > you still seeing this?
> 
> I've just tried, and yes, I'm still seeing this.
> 
> With automake 1:1.14.1-4 installed *only*, I get the automake 1.14
> documentation. Well, this is not surprising.
> 
> Then I installed automake1.11 1:1.11.6-3, and the behavior did not
> change: "info automake" still gave the automake 1.14 documentation.

This still occurs when automake1.11 (which is still in Debian)
is installed.

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