From: joey <joey>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 18:13:35 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: r1682:    * dh_installinfo: escape '&' characters in INFO-DIR-SECTION when calling
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r1682:    * dh_installinfo: escape '&' characters in INFO-DIR-SECTION when calling
     sed. Also support \1 etc for completeness. Closes: #246301
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diff --git a/dh_installinfo b/dh_installinfo
index 814c831..78dddc7 100755
--- a/dh_installinfo
+++ b/dh_installinfo
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ foreach my $package (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) {
 			
 			if ($section ne '') {
 				$section=~s:/:\\/:g; # allow / in section.
+				$section=~s/\&/\\&/g; # escape sed specials
+				$section=~s/(\\[0-9])/\\\\$1/g; # more sed specials
 				autoscript($package,"postinst","postinst-info",
 					"s/#SECTION#/$section/g;s:#FILE#:$fn:");
 			}