Re: autoconf packaging error

[Charles Wilson <cygwin@cwilson.fastmail.fm>]

On 11/15/2011 5:06 AM, Csaba Raduly wrote:
> Hi all,
> There seems to be a packaging error in autoconf (autoconf2.5-2.68-1
> according to cygcheck -f /usr/share/man/man1/autoconf-2.68.1.gz).
> The shorter names for the man pages point to non-existent files:
>
> The symlinks don't appear in the output of cygcheck -l autoconf2.5; I
> suspect the post-install script.

Yes, there's a bug in /etc/postinstall/autoconf2.5.sh:


#!/bin/bash -e

# make unversion man pages
pushd /usr/share/man/man1 >/dev/null 2>&1
for fn in autoconf autoheader autom4te autoreconf autoscan \
         autoupdate config.guess config.sub ifnames
do
         rm -f ${fn}.1.gz 2>/dev/null || /bin/true
-       ln -fs ${fn}-2.67.1.gz ${fn}.1.gz 2>/dev/null || /bin/true
+       ln -fs ${fn}-2.68.1.gz ${fn}.1.gz 2>/dev/null || /bin/true
done
popd >/dev/null 2>&1


For now, the short term workaround is to make the indicated change, and 
re-run the script manually (perhaps in an elevated shell).

--
Chuck

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