Bug#160680: texdoc doesn't find hyperref manual
On 18.09.02 C.M. Connelly (c@eskimo.com) wrote:
> "AL" == Andre L <andrel@yahoo.com>
>
> AL> The command "texdoc hyperref" doesn't find the hyperref
> AL> manual. Instead of
> AL> /usr/share/doc/texmf/latex/hyperref/manual.pdf.gz it
> AL> returns the less useful
> AL> /usr/share/texmf/doc/help/Catalogue/entries/hyperref.html
>
> texdoc is a pretty limited shell script -- it basically runs a
> kpsewhich search using the string you give it. Because it doesn't
> use a database to associate the names and paths of actual
> documentation files with the things they describe, it's never
> going to find a manual with a different name.
>
The situation will improve as soon as I can configure, which file
extension texdoc should prefer. The bug has been submitted and the
patch is in the BTS. #93781
H.
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