Chapter 6 - Texinfo: Added note about how to recreate the /usr/share/info/dir file if needed. Closes Bug 485.

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 </itemizedlist>
 </listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>November 16th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 6 - Texinfo: Added note
+about how to recreate the /usr/share/info/dir file if needed. Closes Bug
+485.</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>November 14th, 2003 [greg]: Removed unnecessary Ncurses
 Vsscanf Patch. Closes Bug 704.</para></listitem>
 

chapter06/texinfo.xml

@@ -43,6 +43,20 @@ makefile variable holds the location of the root of your TeX tree if, for
 example, you plan to install a TeX package later on.</para></listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 
+<para>The Info documentation system uses a plain text file to hold its list of
+menu entries. The file is located at <filename>/usr/share/info/dir</filename>.
+Unfortunately, due to occasional problems in the Makefiles of various packages,
+it can sometimes get out of step with the Info manuals actually installed on the
+system. If ever you need to recreate the
+<filename>/usr/share/info/dir</filename> file, the following optional commands
+will accomplish the task:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>cd /usr/share/info
+rm dir
+for f in *
+do install-info $f dir 2>/dev/null
+done</userinput></screen>
+
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