See also bug #630326
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This was indeed fixed in Karmic's dpkg.
[ Raphaël Hertzog ]
* Replace install-info by a wrapper around GNU's install-info. The wrapper
will be dropped in squeeze+1. dpkg now Breaks: old versions of
info-browsers that do not depend on the new install-info package
that provides the r
** Changed in: dpkg (Debian)
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The current version in Ubuntu is 7.4-2. It is indeed corrected in that,
so the fix appeared sometime between 6.10 and 7.4-2. Perhaps this is
sufficient for now; the fix will be included in Karmic.
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Jaunty carried coreutils 6.10, as Intrepid did (and Hardy, if I remember
correctly). As I noted some time back, at least as early as coreutils
7.10 it was already corrected.
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> And, yes, the coreutils task should -- in my view -- have been set to Invalid:
> install-info is *not* a coreutils package, at least nowadays
That was never the reason this bug was filed against coreutils; it was
because the symptom (invalid forward pointer in the manual page) was
manifest in co
Hi Micah,
After I updated this (and asked for your input), we found that only
Karmic has the fix. The 'install-info' package is new, and only
available on Karmic.
And, yes, the coreutils task should -- in my view -- have been set to
Invalid: install-info is *not* a coreutils package, at least now
** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed
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I'm only using Jaunty, and can't seem to find a install-info package
there; but given that the core issue (documentation not matching
reality) is resolved already, and based on this new statement, I'd
consider it closed. (Also, the coreutils bit should probably already
have been closed, right?)
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Well, we are back to this. At least on Karmic (and, probably, since
Jaunty), /usr/bin/install-info (installed as part of the install-info
package) is a wrapper to call GNU's install-info (if outside of a
maintainer's script), or to flatly refuse to execute install-info (if
called from within a main
** Changed in: dpkg (Debian)
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Well, now that Micah corrected me, I went and looked for it. Here is
what I see:
hg...@xango2:/tmp/temp $ dpkg -S /usr/bin/ginstall-info && apt-cache policy
texinfo
texinfo: /usr/bin/ginstall-info
texinfo:
Installed: 4.11.dfsg.1-4
Candidate: 4.11.dfsg.1-4
Version table:
*** 4.11.dfsg.1-4
darn it, I missed *just* this one comment :-(
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hggdh, did you even read the thread? dpkg has everything to do with this
issue. In particular, Debian's own custom version of "install-info"
(part of the dpkg package) was the problem. That said, I understand
Debian's moved to GNU's install-info, and I'm actually surprised that
the problem doesn't
I am also rejecting the dpkg tasks, since they have nothing to do with
this issue.
** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Invalid
** Changed in: dpkg (Debian)
Importance: Unknown => Undecided
Bugwatch: Debian Bug tracker #180127 => None
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This has been corrected, at least on coreutils 7.10 (not available on
Ubuntu Jaunty, since it depends on trunk automake to build).
"info coreutils 'chmod invocation'" returns the correct info page; the
same happens with "info coreutils chmod", or "info coreutils 'chmod'".
Upstream has standardise
Note also bug #248215 which notes the quotes in the man pages telling
you to run info are smart quotes which can't be cut and pasted which
confuses things further.
Dave
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Thanks! Its an actually important thing. If you look for some answers,
its necessary that the link that man gives must be real and keep them up
to date.
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> era! I cannot see any process in Launchpad to bifurcate a bug.
Just submit a new bug and provide the bug number for this bug as
background info if you think it's pertinent.
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Shirish! {info 'date'} should display node 21.1 because that is what {man
'date'} suggests.
era! I cannot see any process in Launchpad to bifurcate a bug.
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@Shirish Agarwal: no, dpkg is not a part of the coreutils package.
Perhaps you mean "date" or some other command?
The 'date' inconsistency should arguably be filed as a separate bug.
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Hi all,
Read & did the workaround, I see still an issue when I try to get info about
dpkg
I tried info dpkg > sends me to the dpkg
manpage
info coreutils dpkg> sends me to the
coreutils.info node but nowhere else.
Please observe that coreutils.info is inconsistent with the manual page
for 'date'.
To reproduce: info 'coreutils' 'date'
Expected result: node 21.1
Actual result: node 27
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I just discovered this bug when I read the man page for mkfifo and then
tried to read the info for mkfifo.
I followed foolishchild's advice:
cd /usr/share/info
sudo gunzip coreutils.info.gz
sudo vim coreutils.info
comment out (delete?) the first "END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY" and
second"START-INFO
Ping!
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** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
Assignee: Ian Jackson (ijackson) => (unassigned)
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** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
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Heh, thanks Jon, but I really can't claim to have been doing anything
other than sitting on my butt on this one... I've just been waiting 'til
I had enough time to give it proper attention; Phillip's the one who
went to make an inquiry this time, and it appears that others have also
been working on
Good man Micah.
I'm glad to see you are still on the case.
Micah Cowan said the following on 04/05/07 22:18:
> Phillip posted the same query regarding dpkg's versus GNU's install-info
> to debian's dpkg discussion list (to which I also am subscribed), and I
> was delighted to see the response that
Phillip posted the same query regarding dpkg's versus GNU's install-info
to debian's dpkg discussion list (to which I also am subscribed), and I
was delighted to see the response that the intention to migrate to GNU's
had been announced: http://lists.debian.org/debian-
dpkg/2007/04/msg00031.html
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Rejecting the coreutils bug, as the bug is dpkg's, and a temporary fix
does not appear necessary, as Debian has announced its intentions to
migrate to GNU install-info
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Marking as confirmed. Does anyone know the reason for dpkg having its
own version of install-info? And why it can't just be dropped in favor
of gnu's version?
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See also bug #79459 which is filed against the texinfo package regarding
the install-info problem.
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Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected
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Assignee: (unassigned) => Ian Jackson
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Status: Unknown
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Okay, I found the problem.
GNU's install-info (ginstall-info) sees both direntries and installs
them both. Debian's just uses the top one. Sounds like the bug should be
assigned to dpkg (containing Debian's install-info).
** Also affects: dpkg (Baltix)
Importance: Untriaged
Status: Unco
Hi foolishchild,
Yeah, I understand you're point. And you're probably right (though,
IIRC, Fedora Core uses the "info coreutils ls" version, which is why I
did it that way: also, I thought it was closer to the upstream's
intentions, but on closer investigation I don't believe that any
longer).
Ho
Micah Cowan said the following on 11/08/06 12:09:
> Attached is a debdiff that implements the "other" solution (fixing the
> references in the manpages from "info " to "info coreutils ").
>
> The debdiff also includes a fix for bug #55991.
>
Micah, thanks. But I prefer my solution :). I think th
Attached is a debdiff that implements the "other" solution (fixing the
references in the manpages from "info " to "info coreutils ").
The debdiff also includes a fix for bug #55991.
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Local fix:
a) just remember to type "info coreutils ls" when you really want to
type "info ls". Uugh.
OR
b)
cd /usr/share/info
sudo gunzip coreutils.info.gz
sudo vim coreutils.info
comment out (delete?) the first "END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY" and
second"START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY" lines.
I used
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