Debian Bug report logs - #457741
please make makeinfo behave as before wrt drientries

Package: texinfo; Maintainer for texinfo is Debian TeX maintainers <debian-tex-maint@lists.debian.org>; Source for texinfo is src:texinfo (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>

Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 10:15:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed-upstream

Merged with 457743

Fixed in version texinfo/4.13a.dfsg.1-1

Done: Norbert Preining <preining@debian.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>, texinfo@packages.debian.org, Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>:
Bug#457741; Package zsh-doc. (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>, texinfo@packages.debian.org, Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

Package: zsh-doc
Version: 4.3.4-dev-6-3
Severity: serious

The postinst of your package fails:

,----
| Setting up zsh-doc (4.3.4-dev-6-3) ...
| install-info(/usr/share/info/zsh.info.gz): warning, ignoring confusing INFO-DIR-ENTRY in file.
| 
| No `START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY' and no `This file documents'.
| install-info(/usr/share/info/zsh.info.gz): unable to determine description for `dir' entry - giving up
| dpkg: error processing zsh-doc (--configure):
|  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
| Errors were encountered while processing:
|  zsh-doc
`----

This is the header of /usr/share/info/zsh.info.gz:

,----
| This is zsh.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.11 from tzsh.texi.
| 
| INFO-DIR-SECTION Utilities
| START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
|      * ZSH: (zsh).                     The Z Shell Manual.
| END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
`----

And here is the header of /usr/share/info/zsh.info.gz in the working
4.3.4-dev-6-1 version:

,----
| This is zsh.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.11 from tzsh.texi.
| 
| INFO-DIR-SECTION Utilities
| START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
| * ZSH: (zsh).                     The Z Shell Manual.
| END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
`----

I have CC'ed the texinfo maintainer, there is likely something wrong
with the latest fix for #451268.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22.15
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

-- no debconf information

Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>:
Bug#457741; Package zsh-doc. (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #10 received at 457741@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

reopen 451268
thanks

Hi Karl,

you remember that for sure ...

On Mi, 19 Dez 2007, Norbert Preining wrote:
> you remember
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-texinfo/2007-10/msg00020.html
> where the
> 	This is foobar, produced by ...
> ended up in the START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY?

[...]

I sent a "trial fix" ...

> --- texinfo-4.11.dfsg.1.orig/makeinfo/insertion.c	2007-12-19 16:19:35.000000000 +0100
> +++ texinfo-4.11.dfsg.1/makeinfo/insertion.c	2007-12-19 16:19:41.000000000 +0100
> @@ -488,7 +488,7 @@
>        close_single_paragraph ();
>        filling_enabled = no_indent = 0;
>        inhibit_paragraph_indentation = 1;
> -      insert_string ("START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY\n");
> +      add_word ("START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY\n");
>        break;
>  
>      case documentdescription:

which you installed.

But it seems something else is broken:

On Di, 25 Dez 2007, Sven Joachim wrote:
[ again problems with install-info ]


Not working version, created with makeinfo including the fix from above:

> This is the header of /usr/share/info/zsh.info.gz:
> 
> ,----
> | This is zsh.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.11 from tzsh.texi.
> | 
> | INFO-DIR-SECTION Utilities
> | START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
> |      * ZSH: (zsh).                     The Z Shell Manual.
> | END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
> `----

Working entry created with the old version of makeinfo 4.11 without the
fix:
> 
> And here is the header of /usr/share/info/zsh.info.gz in the working
> 4.3.4-dev-6-1 version:
> 
> ,----
> | This is zsh.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.11 from tzsh.texi.
> | 
> | INFO-DIR-SECTION Utilities
> | START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
> | * ZSH: (zsh).                     The Z Shell Manual.
> | END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
> `----

I cannot check now for the format of these START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY but
could it be that the additional spaces at the beginning are wrong?

Strange enough I cannot see anything in the above fix which might cause
this problem. Do you have any idea?

Best wishes

Norbert

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Severity set to `grave' from `serious' Request was from Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Tue, 25 Dec 2007 15:33:01 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Merged 457741 457743. Request was from Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Tue, 25 Dec 2007 15:33:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org:
Bug#457741; Package zsh-doc. (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #19 received at 457741@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

On Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 12:17:48PM +0100, Norbert Preining wrote:
> Not working version, created with makeinfo including the fix from above:
> 
> > This is the header of /usr/share/info/zsh.info.gz:
> > 
> > ,----
> > | This is zsh.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.11 from tzsh.texi.
> > | 
> > | INFO-DIR-SECTION Utilities
> > | START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
> > |      * ZSH: (zsh).                     The Z Shell Manual.
> > | END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
> > `----
> 
> Working entry created with the old version of makeinfo 4.11 without the
> fix:
> > 
> > And here is the header of /usr/share/info/zsh.info.gz in the working
> > 4.3.4-dev-6-1 version:
> > 
> > ,----
> > | This is zsh.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.11 from tzsh.texi.
> > | 
> > | INFO-DIR-SECTION Utilities
> > | START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
> > | * ZSH: (zsh).                     The Z Shell Manual.
> > | END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
> > `----
> 
> I cannot check now for the format of these START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY but
> could it be that the additional spaces at the beginning are wrong?

Can you explain what's incorrect about the leading spaces?

--- orig/Doc/ztexi.yo
+++ mod/Doc/ztexi.yo
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
   NOTRANS(@ifinfo)+NL()\
   NOTRANS(@dircategory Utilities)+NL()\
   NOTRANS(@direntry)+NL()\
-  NOTRANS(     * ZSH: (zsh).                     The Z Shell Manual.)+NL()\
+  NOTRANS(* ZSH: (zsh).                     The Z Shell Manual.)+NL()\
   NOTRANS(@end direntry)+NL()\
   NOTRANS(@end ifinfo)+NL()\
 )


> Strange enough I cannot see anything in the above fix which might cause
> this problem. Do you have any idea?

Reply sent to Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>:
You have taken responsibility. (full text, mbox, link).

Notification sent to Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>:
Bug acknowledged by developer. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #24 received at 457741-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

Source: zsh
Source-Version: 4.3.4-dev-6-4

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
zsh, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

zsh-doc_4.3.4-dev-6-4_all.deb
  to pool/main/z/zsh/zsh-doc_4.3.4-dev-6-4_all.deb
zsh_4.3.4-dev-6-4.diff.gz
  to pool/main/z/zsh/zsh_4.3.4-dev-6-4.diff.gz
zsh_4.3.4-dev-6-4.dsc
  to pool/main/z/zsh/zsh_4.3.4-dev-6-4.dsc



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 457741@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org> (supplier of updated zsh package)

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Format: 1.7
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 10:36:07 -0500
Source: zsh
Binary: zsh zsh-dev zsh-static zsh-dbg zsh-doc
Architecture: source all
Version: 4.3.4-dev-6-4
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>
Changed-By: Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>
Description: 
 zsh        - A shell with lots of features
 zsh-dbg    - A shell with lots of features (debugging symbols)
 zsh-dev    - A shell with lots of features (development files)
 zsh-doc    - zsh documentation - info/HTML format
 zsh-static - A shell with lots of features (static link)
Closes: 457741 457743
Changes: 
 zsh (4.3.4-dev-6-4) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Remove leading spaces from Texinfo direntry, since they cause
     a "fixed" makeinfo to break.  closes: #457741, #457743.
Files: 
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Reply sent to Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>:
You have taken responsibility. (full text, mbox, link).

Notification sent to Antti Pyykko <debbugs@pyksy.fi>:
Bug acknowledged by developer. (full text, mbox, link).

Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>:
Bug#457741; Package zsh-doc. (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #34 received at 457741@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

reassign 457741 dpkg
title 457741 allow leading white space in DIR-ENTRY
severity 457741 wishlist
thanks

Hi all,

for Karl: forget all what I wrote, please don't bother!

On Di, 25 Dez 2007, Clint Adams wrote:
> Can you explain what's incorrect about the leading spaces?

[...]

> -  NOTRANS(     * ZSH: (zsh).                     The Z Shell Manual.)+NL()\
> +  NOTRANS(* ZSH: (zsh).                     The Z Shell Manual.)+NL()\

Nothing, complain to DEBIAN (!!!!) install-info which did give the error
message. It matches:
        } elsif ($asread =~ m/^\*\s*([^:]+):(\s*\(([^\)]+)\)\.|:)\s*/) {
            $menuentry= $1;
            $description = $';

thus without leading spaces. I reassigned this bug to dpkg.

Best wishes

Norbert

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Bug reassigned from package `zsh-doc' to `dpkg'. Request was from Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:42:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Severity set to `wishlist' from `grave' Request was from Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:42:07 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Bug reassigned from package `dpkg' to `zsh-doc'. Request was from Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:48:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Severity set to `serious' from `wishlist' Request was from Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:48:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org:
Bug#457741; Package zsh-doc. (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #47 received at 457741@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

On Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 05:40:09PM +0100, Norbert Preining wrote:
> reassign 457741 dpkg

Did you succeed in cloning this?  If so, what's the # for the dpkg bug?

Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>:
Bug#457741; Package zsh-doc. (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #52 received at 457741@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

On Mi, 26 Dez 2007, Clint Adams wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 05:40:09PM +0100, Norbert Preining wrote:
> > reassign 457741 dpkg
> 
> Did you succeed in cloning this?  If so, what's the # for the dpkg bug?

No, I didn't manage it because it was merged with other bugs and thus
told me "please use one of the merge ones". I gave up at the end ...

But it should be assigned in some way to dpkg and set to wishlist ...

Best wishes

Norbert

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Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>:
Bug#457741; Package zsh-doc. (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #57 received at 457741@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

found 457741 4.3.4-dev-7-1
thanks

With the new upstream release, this bug is now back. :-/

Sven

Bug marked as found in version 4.3.4-dev-7-1 and reopened. Request was from Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:12:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org:
Bug#457741; Package zsh-doc. (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #64 received at 457741@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

reassign 457741 dpkg
quit

On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 06:09:59PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
> found 457741 4.3.4-dev-7-1
> thanks
> 
> With the new upstream release, this bug is now back. :-/

Bug reassigned from package `zsh-doc' to `dpkg'. Request was from Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:21:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Dpkg Developers <team@dpkg.org>:
Bug#457741; Package dpkg. (full text, mbox, link).

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Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Dpkg Developers <team@dpkg.org>. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #71 received at 457741@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 12:35:57AM +0100, arno renevier wrote:
> zsh-doc upgrade did not work today.
> I tried to uninstall, and reinstall, and it looks like package is
> uninstallable. Here is the output I get with aptitude install zsh-doc:

This is bug #457741 on dpkg.

Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Dpkg Developers <team@dpkg.org>:
Bug#457741; Package dpkg. (full text, mbox, link).

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Message #76 received at 457741@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

On Thu, 10 Jan 2008, Clint Adams wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 12:35:57AM +0100, arno renevier wrote:
> > zsh-doc upgrade did not work today.
> > I tried to uninstall, and reinstall, and it looks like package is
> > uninstallable. Here is the output I get with aptitude install zsh-doc:
> 
> This is bug #457741 on dpkg.

I haven't investigated at all and I'm in no way an expert concerning info
files. But from what I've read, I must say that I'm not yet sure that 
it's a bug in dpkg... 

Is there a real standard on what an info file should look like ? Or are we
at the mercy of every output change of the info file generator ?

I'd gladly fix install-info (until we manage to get rid of it that is :))
if someone could point me to relevant information.

Cheers,
-- 
Raphaël Hertzog

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http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/

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Message #81 received at 457741@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

Le vendredi 11 janvier 2008, à 08:58:18 +0100, Raphael a écrit : 
> On Thu, 10 Jan 2008, Clint Adams wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 12:35:57AM +0100, arno renevier wrote:
> > > zsh-doc upgrade did not work today.
> > > I tried to uninstall, and reinstall, and it looks like package is
> > > uninstallable. Here is the output I get with aptitude install zsh-doc:
> > 
> > This is bug #457741 on dpkg.
> 
> I haven't investigated at all and I'm in no way an expert concerning info
> files. But from what I've read, I must say that I'm not yet sure that 
> it's a bug in dpkg... 
> 
> Is there a real standard on what an info file should look like ? Or are we
> at the mercy of every output change of the info file generator ?
> 
> I'd gladly fix install-info (until we manage to get rid of it that is :))
> if someone could point me to relevant information.
> 
> Cheers,

I checked texinfo manual, and there seems to be no indication about whether 
direntry should/could begin with whitespace or not.
http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/texinfo/html_node/Installing-Dir-Entries.html

arno

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Message #86 received at 457741@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

reassign 457741 texinfo
thanks

On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 08:58:18 +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jan 2008, Clint Adams wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 12:35:57AM +0100, arno renevier wrote:
> > > zsh-doc upgrade did not work today.
> > > I tried to uninstall, and reinstall, and it looks like package is
> > > uninstallable. Here is the output I get with aptitude install zsh-doc:
> > 
> > This is bug #457741 on dpkg.
> 
> I haven't investigated at all and I'm in no way an expert concerning info
> files. But from what I've read, I must say that I'm not yet sure that 
> it's a bug in dpkg... 
> 
> Is there a real standard on what an info file should look like ? Or are we
> at the mercy of every output change of the info file generator ?
> 
> I'd gladly fix install-info (until we manage to get rid of it that is :))
> if someone could point me to relevant information.

I don't think we should fix this in dpkg. I don't think it's a bug in
install-info, otherwise installing any package from testing/unstable
on etch will fail, like on a partial upgrade.

regards,
guillem

Bug reassigned from package `dpkg' to `texinfo'. Request was from Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:12:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).