m4 dependency error in current rawhide update

[Michael Schwendt]

On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:23:08 -0500, Jay Cliburn wrote:

> Unfortunately, I haven't seen anyone else report this, so I'm not sure 
> if rpm --force -Uvh to update m4 is okay.  The odd thing is, there isn't 
> a file /usr/share/info/dir anywhere in the m4 package; there's a
> /usr/share/info/m4.info.gz instead.
> 
> Advice?

> Transaction Check Error:   file /usr/share/info/dir from install of 
> m4-1.4.5-1 conflicts with file from package info-4.8-11.1

Packaging mistake / package building side-effect. The package spec file is
missing

  rm -f %{_infodir}/dir

in the %install section in order to not package this file, which is
created when the package is built in a special environment, such as mock.