David Rothenberger wrote on Monday, December 03, 2007 12:36 PM:
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> I'm having a problem with pinfo under 1.5.25-3. The problem is not
> there with 1.5.24-2.
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> - From a Windows cmd shell, I start bash with "bash -li". Then, I run
> "pinfo rxvt". pinfo just dies with the message "Hangup". I see the
> following in the cmd shell window:
>
> 22 [sig] pinfo 6788 C:\cygwin\bin\pinfo.exe: *** fatal error -
> called with threadlist_ix -1
>
> I have no problem if I run pinfo.exe directly from the Windows cmd
> shell without first starting bash. I have the same problem if I run
> pinfo from an rxvt or urxvtc window.
When I had a problem something like that (sorry, I don't remember it exactly,
and I certainly do not remember the "Hangup" part), it was related to info
directories being out of date. (Sorry, I cannot give proper credit to the
person whose posing suggested it or gave me the idea.
See if this fixes things for you
/> sh -c /etc/postinstall/update-info-dir.sh.done
As a diagnostic or workaround, you might also see if regular info works.
Also, <update-info-dir.sh> does not take info account and info file in
</usr/local/>. Might I suggest modifying it so that it does. I know: PTC. I
usually response that I am not a programmer, but this time I can propose
something, since I do write shell scripts. :-) Sorry it is not a patch. (I
have yet to figure them out.)
- Barry
--snip--
#!/bin/bash
InfoDirs="$(
for D in /usr/info /usr/share/info /usr/local/info
/usr/share/local/info ${INFOPATH//:/ }
do
echo "${D}"
done | \
sort -u
)"
for D in ${InfoDirs}
do
for F in dir dir.info
do
if [ -f "${D}/${F}" ]
then
/bin/rm -f "${D}/${F}"
fi
done
done
for D in ${InfoDirs}
do
for F in ${D}/*
do
if [ -f "${F}" ]
then
case "${F}" in
*\**)
;;
*/dir|*/dir.info*)
;;
*-[0123456789]*)
;;
*)
install-info --quiet ${F}
/usr/share/info/dir ||
install-info --quiet --entry="* $${F}
(${F}): $${F}" $${F} /usr/share/info/dir
;;
esac
fi
done
done \
> /dev/null 2>&1
unset D F InfoDirs
--snip--
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