Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 11:14:29 +0300 (EET DST) From: Heikki Suonsivu <hsu@clinet.fi> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/3559: make reinstall collapses on install-info Message-ID: <199705090814.LAA04166@katiska.clinet.fi> Resent-Message-ID: <199705090820.BAA20302@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 3559 >Category: bin >Synopsis: make reinstall collapses on install-info >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri May 9 01:20:02 PDT 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Heikki Suonsivu >Organization: Clinet, Espoo, Finland >Release: FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE i386 >Environment: make reinstall on 2.2-RELENG from alpha days. Trying to reinstall over nfs. >Description: reinstall does not install install-info before trying to use it. install -c -o bin -g bin -m 444 libg++.a /usr/lib install -c -o bin -g bin -m 444 libg++_p.a /usr/lib install -c -o bin -g bin -m 444 libg++.so.4.0 /usr/lib ===> gnu/lib/libg++/doc install-info --defsection="Gcc Documentation" --defentry="* G++FAQ: (g++FAQ). The GNU G++ FAQ." g++FAQ.info /usr/share/info/dir install-info: not found *** Error code 1 >How-To-Repeat: make reinstall on machine which is old enough to not to have install-info >Fix: Workaround is to copy install-info to the target's /usr/bin before reinstalling. Fix is probably trivial for someone who knows where to put it :-) >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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