Bug#230765: info file has been flattened

[GOTO Masanori <gotom@debian.or.jp>]

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?

Regards,
-- gotom