problem using install-info with tar.info

[alan . wehmann]

I am unable to successfully run "install-info --debug tar.info dir".
The output I get is as follows:

debug: reading dir file dir
debug: reading input file tar.info
Abort trap: 6

and the "dir" file is not properly updated.

Further details:

Version info for install-info:

install-info (GNU texinfo) 6.0

While investigating. I downloaded "tar-1.28.tar.bz2" from
"http://gnu.mirror.vexxhost.com/tar/";.

I extracted files from it via "gtar -jxvf tar-1.28.tar.bz2"

version info for gtar:

gtar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.28

I am using a MacBook Air 13 running the latest version of Mac OS X
Yosemite

Unix command "uname -a" gives:

Darwin Alans-Air.lan 14.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 14.5.0: Tue Sep  1 21:23:09 
PDT 2015; root:xnu-2782.50.1~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

The "dir" file that results is:

--------------------- separator line ----------------------------

This is the file .../info/dir, which contains the
topmost node of the Info hierarchy, called (dir)Top.
The first time you invoke Info you start off looking at this node.

File: dir,      Node: Top       This is the top of the INFO tree

  This (the Directory node) gives a menu of major topics.
  Typing "q" exits, "?" lists all Info commands, "d" returns here,
  "h" gives a primer for first-timers,
  "mEmacs<Return>" visits the Emacs manual, etc.

  In Emacs, you can click mouse button 2 on a menu item or cross reference
  to select it.

* Menu:

--------------------- separator line ----------------------------

The lines

* Tar: (tar).                   Making tape (or disk) archives.

and

* tar: (tar)tar invocation.                     Invoking GNU `tar'.

are not present in the "dir" file.

I do not have this problem with other info files and using
"install-info" with them.

This report is distilled from a number of tests that I made; I don't
attempt to describe them all.

-- 
Alan Wehmann
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