Bug#799702: ed: ships /usr/share/info/dir.gz on arm64

[Andy Simpkins]

As part of cambridge bsp we have investigated this bug.
The suggested patch does not actuly fix the bug (the -B option still
includes /usr/share/info/dir.gz)  // info and is not just limited to arm64

Problem was caused by build rules missing build-arch target, and
therefore not applying patched during autobuilder builds.

JMW has uploaded fix.

/Andy





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Bug#799702: ed: ships /usr/share/info/dir.gz on arm64

[Santiago Vila]

Here is a patch (in simple quilt format, needs to be dpatch-ed).

Important note: Don't ask me why, but apparently you need
"dpkg-buildpackage -B" to reproduce this bug.

(I was trying "dpkg-buildpackage" alone and it was not enough).

Thanks.
From: Santiago Vila 
Subject: Do not run install-info, no matter what

--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 install-info :
if [ ! -d "$(DESTDIR)$(infodir)" ] ; then $(INSTALL_DIR) 
"$(DESTDIR)$(infodir)" ; fi
$(INSTALL_DATA) $(VPATH)/doc/$(pkgname).info 
"$(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/$(program_prefix)$(pkgname).info"
-   -install-info --info-dir="$(DESTDIR)$(infodir)" 
"$(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/$(program_prefix)$(pkgname).info"
+   # -install-info --info-dir="$(DESTDIR)$(infodir)" 
"$(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/$(program_prefix)$(pkgname).info"
 
 install-man :
if [ ! -d "$(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1" ] ; then $(INSTALL_DIR) 
"$(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1" ; fi

Bug#799702: ed: ships /usr/share/info/dir.gz on arm64

[Uwe Kleine-König]

Package: ed
Version: 1.10-2
Severity: serious
Justification: makes unrelated software on the system break

Hello,

according to

https://packages.debian.org/jessie/arm64/ed/filelist

the ed package ships a file /usr/share/info/dir.gz on arm64. Installing
this package overwrites the index of installed info pages making these
inaccessible.

The problem occurs iff the building host has install-info installed. The
arm64 buildlog[1] has:

 install -m 644 ./doc/ed.info "/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/ed/usr/share/info/ed.info"
 install-info --info-dir="/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/ed/usr/share/info" 
"/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/ed/usr/share/info/ed.info"

.. While e.g. on armhf[2] these lines are followed by

 /bin/sh: 1: install-info: not found
 make[1]: [install-info] Error 127 (ignored)

they are not on arm64.

Best regards
Uwe

[1] 
https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=ed&arch=arm64&ver=1.10-2&stamp=1408299578
[2] 
https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=ed&arch=armhf&ver=1.10-2&stamp=1393365738