Not sure what happens either, but there's no point having this as a bug open against dpkg. In theory any install-info called in a maintainer script should be a no-op. Either because it's the dpkg wrapper or the ginstall-info wrapper provided by install-info.
The most likely scenario is that the user installed install-info from upstream sources or somewhere else and that it fails due to this. ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/879689 Title: package installation fails due to auto-generated prerm install-info call aborting To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cvs/+bug/879689/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs