Bug 170010

Summary:	Global install destroys /usr/share/info/dir
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Jerry James <loganjerry>
Component:	global	Assignee:	Gérard Milmeister <gemi>
Status:	CLOSED NEXTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Jerry James 2005-10-06 15:01:06 UTC

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Description of problem:
After upgrading to the new global package, /usr/share/info/dir contains only the entry for global.  All other entries were discarded.  Fortunately, the old dir file was saved as dir.rpmsave...

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
global-4.8.7-1.fc4

How reproducible:
Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install the new global package
2. Examine /usr/share/info/dir
3.
  

Actual Results:  The dir file contained only the entry for global.

Expected Results:  The entry for global should have been added to the existing entries.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Gérard Milmeister 2005-10-06 17:59:23 UTC

Yes, a new build as already been made. Previous version didn't do this, I
only noticed it when I installed from the repository.
There seems to be a difference between FC3 and FC4. In FC3 /usr/share/info/dir is
overwritten and the old one saved. In FC4 the file is owned by the info
package and the installation fails with a warning.

Comment 2 Michael Schwendt 2005-10-07 14:18:19 UTC

"rm -f %{_datadir}/info/dir" in your package %install section to be safe.
Installation of info files creates that file when superuser is used.