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gcc-defaults package

‘info gcc’ broke. The package gcc-doc should be rebuilt with new debhelper to get trigger support

Bug #778796 reported by Anders Kaseorg
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gcc-defaults (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
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texinfo (Ubuntu)
Invalid
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Bug Description

The gcc-doc package no longer installs the gcc info page correctly. If I install gcc-doc and run ‘info gcc’, I now get the info page for gccgo instead of for gcc.

This is because the install-info calls in gcc-doc.postinst fail with

Setting up gcc-doc (4:4.6.0-5ubuntu1) ...
Ignoring install-info called from maintainer script
The package gcc-doc should be rebuilt with new debhelper to get trigger support
Ignoring install-info called from maintainer script
The package gcc-doc should be rebuilt with new debhelper to get trigger support

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gcc-doc 4:4.6.0-5ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.39-0.5-generic 2.6.39-rc5
Uname: Linux 2.6.39-0-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: openafs
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri May 6 18:21:59 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20101202)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gcc-defaults
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Anders Kaseorg (andersk) wrote :
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Thanks for your report. Reproduced with the steps described in the description.

Changed in gcc-defaults (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Triaged
summary: - ‘info gcc’ broke
+ ‘info gcc’ broke. The package gcc-doc should be rebuilt with new
+ debhelper to get trigger support
Anders Kaseorg (andersk)
tags: added: regression-release
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Emmanuel Thomé (emmanuel-thome) wrote :

Quite annoying indeed. Still observed in oneiric beta2.

I never installed, nor cared or heard about gccgo, yet I'm served with the gccgo info page in lieu of the gcc one.

I'll go for manual removing of /usr/share/info/gccgo.info.gz and redo update-info-dir in the meantime.

Is the comment to be trusted in that a mere rebuild of the gcc-doc pacakge would cure this ? If so, shall we expect a fix for the 11.10 final ?

Best,

E.

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Emmanuel Thomé (emmanuel-thome) wrote :

Just re-tested this one. It's still broken.

/usr/share/info/gcc.info.gz points to gcc-4.6.info.gz (don't know whether that was the case before), but that is of no use for providing correct `info gcc', because:
 (1) update-info-dir does not look at symlinks.
 (2) the info-dir section in gcc-4.6.info.gz is not meant to provide a match for (gcc) anyway.

Best,

E.

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Emmanuel Thomé (emmanuel-thome) wrote :

up.

Problem still occurs in quantal, fresh install.

info gcc directs me to the gccgo info page.

E.

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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

in raring the gccgo docs are now included in the gccgo package, however that won't change anything when the gccgo package is installed.

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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

I don't think this can be fixed in gcc-defaults

Changed in gcc-defaults (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Confirmed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in texinfo (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Dave Gilbert (ubuntu-treblig) wrote :

Still broken in current Saucy (we get gcov rather than gcc)

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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

fixed in utopic

Changed in texinfo (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
Changed in gcc-defaults (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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