Bug#1114610: post-installation script failed due to incorrect processing of /etc/environment

I submitted an MR to
https://salsa.debian.org/tex-team/texinfo/-/merge_requests/13 with the
solution proposed in this thread.


On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 9:07 AM Mitchell Augustin
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > could you provide your /etc/environments file?
>
> I'm not Daniel, but if you just need a reproducer for the issue with
> sourcing, a minimal repro is to add an unquoted variable with
> semicolons in your /etc/environments, such as this:
> root@envtest:~# cat /etc/environment
> PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin"
> MY_LIST=1;2;3;4;5
>
> and then attempt to `apt install` any program. You should then see:
> dpkg: error processing package install-info (--configure):
>  installed install-info package post-installation script subprocess
> returned error exit status 127
>
>
> Please let me know if there is any additional context I can provide
> here to further assist you in deciding how to address this bug.
>
> Thanks,
> Mitchell Augustin
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM Mitchell Augustin
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > This still seems to be an issue for some applications. Have there been
> > any discussions on the Debian side about adjusting the handling of
> > /etc/environment here?
> >
> > --
> > Mitchell Augustin
> > Software Engineer - Ubuntu Partner Engineering
> > Email:[email protected]
> > Location:United States of America (Central Time)
> >
> >
> > canonical.com
> > ubuntu.com
>
>
>
> --
> Mitchell Augustin
> Software Engineer - Ubuntu Partner Engineering
> Email:[email protected]
> Location:United States of America (Central Time)
>
>
> canonical.com
> ubuntu.com



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