

Debian bug report logs - #959
install-info --remove leaving trash in /usr/info/dir

Package: dpkg ; Reported by: Bill Mitchell <mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com>;
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Subject: Bug#959: dpkg 0.93.42.2: Fix for install-info --remove

Please upgrade.  This version fixes Bill Mitchell's report:
> I noticed today that install-info is leaving trash in /usr/info/dir
> when removing or upgrading packages with descriptions which
> install-info wraps over multiple lines in /usr/info/dir.

The trash will disappear eventually, apart from the stuff at the start
of each section.  If people think it's important I'll put code in a
future dpkg release to fix those bits too.

Thanks to Bill Mitchell for finding and reporting this.

dpkg (0.93.42.2) BETA; priority=HIGH

  * install-info --remove properly removes multi-line entries.
  * Slightly changed ^L redraw code in dselect package list.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Sat, 10 Jun 1995 14:06:01 +0100

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a2f14c80c1d0391abc370ac76b6e0992  dpkg-0.93.42.2.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root       118770 Jun 10 15:13 
dpkg-0.93.42.2.deb
-rw-rw-r--   1 root     root       117482 Jun 10 15:13 
dpkg-0.93.42.2.nondebbin.tar.gz
-rw-rw-r--   1 ian      ian        182738 Jun 10 14:56 
dpkg-0.93.42.2.tar.gz
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PACKAGE:  dpkg
VERSION:  0.93.42
PACKAGE_REVISION:  0

I noticed today that install-info is leaving trash in /usr/info/dir
wien removing or upgrading packages with descriptions which
install-info wraps over multiple lines in /usr/info/dir.

Examples of such packages include ed and sharutils.

mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell)


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