[bug-sourceinstall] [bug #17235] install-info workaround on debian based systems

[Claudio Fontana]

Update of bug #17235 (project sourceinstall):

                  Status:          Ready For Test => Fixed                  
             Open/Closed:                    Open => Closed                 

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Follow-up Comment #9:

> I installed version 2.2, and it had no problem with 
> install-info. I assume the patch is included in 2.2.

It is.

> I run the following test with a2ps;
> - I installed a2ps-4.10.4, info file installed correctly. 
> Took md5 hash of the a2ps.info.

`install-info' inserts menu entries from an Info file into the
top-level `dir' file in the Info system.
See info install-info.
So you are interested in the /usr/local/info/dir file (with your prefix) even
more than the .info file itself when testing install-info.

> - I upgraded a2ps version to a2ps-4.12, info file upgraded 
> correctly, md5 has changed.

good.

> - I removed a2ps, info file was removed. ( Although man page
> remained and "info a2ps" showed the man page )

I tried the same operation on my system and the man page was correctly
removed.

>- I installed a2ps-4.12, md5 the same as the md5 after
> 4.10->4.12 upgrade.
>
> - I downgraded from 4.12 to 4.10, md5 same as the fresh 
> installed 4.10
>
> - I removed a2ps-4.10, again, info file is removed but
> man page is not.
>
> I guess the patch works :) But the issue with man pages seem 
> strange and may require further investigation. Sourceinstall 
> issues "/bin/rm -f /usr/local/man/man1/a2ps.1" but the man page
> that stayed is in "/usr/local/share/man/man1/a2ps.1", I used
> "--prefix=/usr/local" during the test.

The vanilla a2ps package indeed creates ${prefix}/man/man1/a2ps.1, so I think
you might have another installation of a2ps in your system, with a
mandir=/usr/local/share/man . Or did you specify a custom mandir
during installation?

If the problem with manpages persists, please open a separate bug report,
possibly with all the verbose output of sourceinstall (--verbose), or the
Save Log output of sourceinstall-gtk.

Thanks for the test!

Claudio


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