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Bug#446412: marked as done (info: Please make it possible to extend implicit default INFOPATH)

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Package: info
Version: 4.8.dfsg.1-6
Severity: wishlist

Because I sometimes install programs in my home directory, I use
INFOPATH to specify the system directories plus one in my home
directory. However, I get into trouble when system directories are
added or renamed.

If it were possible to extend the system path, e.g. by prefixing or
postfixing the INFOPATH with ":", or by having a flag to info that
simply prints out its compiled-in default path, I would be able to
avoid this problem.

strings /usr/bin/info | grep /usr/local

seems to be a way to find this information, but it's hardly reliable!

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (700, 'testing'), (600, 'experimental'), (600, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages info depends on:
ii  libc6                     2.6.1-1+b1     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libncurses5               5.6+20070908-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand

info recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

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Package: texinfo
Version: 4.11.dfsg.1-4
It has been pointed out to me that if INFOPATH ends in a colon, the desired behavior is achieved, so closing.

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