[bug-sourceinstall] [bug #17235] install-info workaround on debian based systems

[anonymous]

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #17235 (project sourceinstall):

> There still seems to be a problem.
> And I suspect the cause is here, it still checks for the 
> install-info from dpkg;

> line 53 in configure.ac
> if (${PRG_install_info} --version && install-info --version 2>&1 
> | sed 1q | grep -i -v debian) >/dev/null 2>&1; then
> 
> it works if the check is changed into:
> if (${PRG_install_info} --version 2>&1 | sed 1q | grep -i -v 
> debian) >/dev/null 2>&1; then

I fixed this too quickly it seems;
the correct change is to replace the direct invocation of install-info in
line 53 of configure.ac with ${PRG_install_info}.

This apparently strange sequence of invocations is required to check for
known problems.

I'll rebuild CVS asap.
Thanks for the catch!

Claudio


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