Bug 3722 – info file error in dev-libs/fftw-2.1.3

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Daniel Sabo 2002-06-14 00:10:11 UTC]

After installing fftw I get an error when the info files are regenerated.
Now every time I install a package I get:
 * Regenerating GNU info directory index...
 * Processed 74 info files: 1 errors; type emerge --verbose to view errors.

emerge --verbose reports:
 * Regenerating GNU info directory index...
install-info: warning: no info dir entry in `/usr/share/info/fftw.info.gz'
 * Processed 74 info files; 1 errors

[Comment 1 Daniel Ahlberg (RETIRED) 2002-06-14 07:35:27 UTC]

Try addiing the following text to /usr/share/info/fftw.info.gz and update the
info files (running emerge -u world or something should do it).

INFO-DIR-SECTION Libraries
START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
* fftw: (fftw).                  C subroutine library for computing the Discrete
Fourier Transform (DFT)
END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY

[Comment 2 Daniel Ahlberg (RETIRED) 2002-06-14 07:36:34 UTC]

Created attachment 1517 [details, diff]
Patch for adding info dir entry to .info file

[Comment 3 Daniel Sabo 2002-06-14 19:50:18 UTC]

Thanks, the patch works. The error is gone and the info file is now working
correctly.

[Comment 4 George Shapovalov (RETIRED) 2002-06-20 20:55:38 UTC]

Thanks for the report and diagnostics.
Fixed.

BTW, no need to modify that info file twice - library is built twice for
different precisions, but both builds are installed in the same place. The
headers and libs are distinguished by the prefix (this *is* the suggested way to
do this according the lib docs). The docs are just overwritten - it suffices to
add these lines to the info file in the second "pass" only (the way I did it in
the comitted ebuild).

George