Bug#230765: info file has been flattened
On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 03:13:09PM +0900, GOTO Masanori wrote:
> At Wed, 4 Feb 2004 23:16:23 -0500,
> Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 11:57:14AM +0900, GOTO Masanori wrote:
> > > severity 230765 normal
> > > thanks
> > >
> > > At Mon, 02 Feb 2004 12:30:56 +0100,
> > > Jacek Sliwerski wrote:
> > > > Justification: info documentation is unusable
> > > >
> > > > This is what I see after opening info:
> > > >
> > > > GNU libraries
> > > > * ALTWERASE: (libc)Local Modes.
> > > > * ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN: (libc)Argp Parser Functions.
> > > > * ARG_MAX: (libc)General Limits.
> > > > * BC_BASE_MAX: (libc)Utility Limits.
> > > > * BC_DIM_MAX: (libc)Utility Limits.
> > > > * BC_SCALE_MAX: (libc)Utility Limits.
> > > > * BC_STRING_MAX: (libc)Utility Limits.
> > > > * BRKINT: (libc)Input Modes.
> > > > * BUFSIZ: (libc)Controlling Buffering.
> > > > * CCTS_OFLOW: (libc)Control Modes.
> > > >
> > > > There are more than 1700 entries. Browsing is impossible.
> > >
> > > Please explain what the problem is, and how to reproduce your problem.
> > > BTW, even if you have difficulties to browse entries, it's no glibc
> > > bug.
> >
> > We used to (because of a bug in the rules file, AFAIK) not include
> > dir-add.info in the Texinfo index.
> >
> > Since I fixed it two people have complained that they don't link having
> > the index in the top texinfo menu. Want to see it? Just type 'info'
> > and page down a bit.
> >
> > After thinking about it, I suppose they're probably right. We should
> > find something else to do with dir-add.info than add it to this list.
>
> Oops. Daniel, thanks, good point. I everytime type "info libc", not
> just "info". Hmm, well, "impossible" is overstatement, but it seems
> almost impossible. Daniel, do you have plan to fix it?
Let's just remove them. I've checked it in.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
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