diff -up texinfo-4.12/install-info/install-info.c_old texinfo-4.12/install-info/install-info.c
--- texinfo-4.12/install-info/install-info.c_old	2008-06-02 13:00:35.000000000 +0200
+++ texinfo-4.12/install-info/install-info.c	2008-06-02 13:01:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -1465,7 +1465,7 @@ split_entry (char *entry, char **name, s
       size_t length = strlen (entry);
       if (length == 0)
         return;
-      *name = strdup (ptr);
+      *name = strdup (entry);
       *name_len = length + 1;
       return;
     }