Comment 7 for bug 205348

SRU test failed

Trying to install gcc-3.4-doc in a hardy pbuilder with hardy-proposed enabled fails with the following error message:

Unpacking gcc-3.4-base (from .../gcc-3.4-base_3.4.6-6ubuntu4_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package gcc-3.4-doc.
Unpacking gcc-3.4-doc (from .../gcc-3.4-doc_3.4.6-6ubuntu4_all.deb) ...
Setting up gcc-3.4-base (3.4.6-6ubuntu4) ...
Setting up gcc-3.4-doc (3.4.6-6ubuntu4) ...

No `START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY' and no `This file documents'.
install-info(/usr/share/info/gcc-3.4.info.gz): unable to determine description for `dir' entry - giving up
dpkg: error processing gcc-3.4-doc (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 gcc-3.4-doc

The info.gz files are very small:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33 May 6 11:37 /usr/share/info/gcc-3.4.info.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40 May 6 11:37 /usr/share/info/gccinstall-3.4.info.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36 May 6 11:37 /usr/share/info/gccint-3.4.info.gz

In Gutsy the file sizes are 309882, 54130 and 337185 respectively.