[Bug 79459] Re: install-info fails to add multiple sections to the Top menu
Are you saying that this will not be fixed? Why? Why keep the broken one instead of the working one provided by gnu? -- install-info fails to add multiple sections to the Top menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/79459 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 79459] Re: install-info fails to add multiple sections to the Top menu
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 38538 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/38538 I've made this bug a duplicate of 38538, as: (1) it already was filed against dpkg (as well as coreutils), and (2) it is tracking a Debian bug against dpkg. -- install-info fails to add multiple sections to the Top menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/79459 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 79459] Re: install-info fails to add multiple sections to the Top menu
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 38538 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/38538 I'm saying that it has not been fixed in some time, and probably won't be for some time. I would like to see it fixed. But (1) the right fix is a significant amount of work, and (2), the Debian coreutils maintainers, IIRC, do not wish to implement the quick fix (using GNU install-info). As I said, there may be valid reasons for not wanting to do so, if there are interaction problems between GNU's and dpkg's. Just because Debian doesn't want to, doesn't mean Ubuntu can't. It may be worth maintaining a separate patch until the problem is resolved: again, if there aren't interaction issues. I plan on pitching in my help to address this, when I have the time to dedicate to it. I would also like to start a discussion on the development mailing list, but before I do so, I will have to do some more research to refresh my understanding as to why fixing dpkg's install-info (or migrating everything to GNU's), is non-trivial. ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 38538 man pages suggest info pages that don't exist. -- install-info fails to add multiple sections to the Top menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/79459 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 79459] Re: install-info fails to add multiple sections to the Top menu
See also bug #38538 re: coreutils specifically. There's more funny breakage. If you visit the (*manpages*) node in info (where-ever that comes from anyway; I can't find a corresponding file in the file system), you end up in the documentation for the top(1) utility, since the top name is kind of special to Info. -- install-info fails to add multiple sections to the Top menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/79459 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 79459] Re: install-info fails to add multiple sections to the Top menu
I'm rejecting the texinfo portion of this bug, as install-info in Debian and Ubuntu comes from dpkg, and not texinfo (they are completely different programs; the texinfo one would do the correct thing, but may have other problems for Debian systems :-/ ). ** Changed in: texinfo (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed = Rejected -- install-info fails to add multiple sections to the Top menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/79459 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 79459] Re: install-info fails to add multiple sections to the Top menu
It appears that debian decided to write their own version of install- info that is in the dpkg package, and this version is broken. Please consider throwing it out and replacing it with the install-info utility provided in the texinfo package, and actually works correctly. The correct install-info utility appears to have been renamed to ginstall-info in the texinfo binary packages so as not to conflict with the broken one in dpkg. ** Also affects: texinfo (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- install-info fails to add multiple sections to the Top menu https://launchpad.net/bugs/79459 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
