Bug#718514: gcc-doc: "info gcc" opens the manpage unreadably
Package: gcc-doc
Version: 5:4
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
When I type "info gcc", rather than the GCC manual, I get a (really bad)
rendition of the gccgo manpage.
It seems that the symlink "/usr/share/info/gcc.info.gz ->
gcc-4.7.info.gz" is insufficient, probably because it still says this
near the top:
INFO-DIR-SECTION Software development
START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
* gcc-4.7: (gcc-4.7). The GNU Compiler Collection.
* g++-4.7: (gcc-4.7). The GNU C++ compiler.
END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
Installing an info file generated from the following .texi file seems to
make it work:
\input texinfo
@setfilename gcc-dummy.info
@dircategory Software development
@direntry
* gcc: (gcc). The GNU Compiler Collection.
* g++: (gcc). The GNU C++ compiler.
@end direntry
@node Top
There's nothing to see here. @xref{Top,,, gcc}.
It might be a good idea to extend this to the other info
documents/packages, too, though I don't imagine people try to read those
very often.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers testing-proposed-updates
APT policy: (991, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 3.9-1-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages gcc-doc depends on:
ii gcc-4.7-doc 4.7.2-2
gcc-doc recommends no packages.
gcc-doc suggests no packages.
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