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USN-194-2: texinfo regression fix

9 January 2006

texinfo regression fix

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USN-194-1 fixed a vulnerability in the 'texindex' program.
Unfortunately this update introduced a regression that caused the
program to abort when cleaning up temporary files (which are used with
extraordinarily large input files). The updated packages fix this.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 5.10
  • texinfo -
Ubuntu 5.04
  • texinfo -

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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