Bug#92703: document class 'letter' doesn't understand \opening

[az@i7.com.au]

Package: tetex-doc
Version: 1.0.2+20000804-7
Severity: important

in /usr/share/doc/texmf/latex/latex2e-html/ltx-91.html :

   \begin{letter}{Mr. John Doe \\ 2345 Jones St. 
         \\ Oakland, CA  91123}
   \opening{Dear John,}
     ...
     text of letter 
     ...
   \closing{Best regards,}
   \end{letter}

Firstly, latex doesn't like:

! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.

Secondly, if \begin{letter} is replaced with \begin{document}:

! Undefined control sequence.
\opening ...ace {2\parskip }{\raggedright \toname 
                                                  \\ \toaddress \par }\vspac...
l.7     \opening{Dear John,}

As this is the only documentation for the letter class that I can find on my system, I consider this a bug.



-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux az 2.4.2 #4 Tue Feb 27 11:28:29 EST 2001 i686

Versions of packages tetex-base depends on:
ii  dpkg                          1.8.3.1    Package maintenance system for Deb
ii  perl-base [perl5-base]        5.6.0-21   The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbis
ii  texinfo                       4.0-5      Documentation system for on-line i