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@@ -36,5 +36,30 @@ first and adjust the path in the following commands accordingly:
</literallayout></blockquote>
+<para>
+If the make install phase ends with something along the lines of
+</para>
+
+<blockquote>
+<screen>
+install-info: unknown option `--dir-file=/mnt/lfs/usr/info/dir'
+usage: install-info [--version] [--help] [--debug] [--maxwidth=nnn]
+ [--section regexp title] [--infodir=xxx] [--align=nnn]
+ [--calign=nnn] [--quiet] [--menuentry=xxx]
+ [--info-dir=xxx]
+ [--keep-old] [--description=xxx] [--test]
+ [--remove] [--] filename
+make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
+make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/lfs/usr/src/bash-2.04/doc'
+make: [install] Error 2 (ignored)
+</screen>
+</blockquote>
+
+<para>
+then that means that you are probably using Debian, and that you have an
+old version of the texinfo package. This error is not severe by any means: the
+info pages will be installed when we recompile bash dynamically in chapter 6.
+</para>
+
</sect2>