Bug#484740: some cross references don't work as info search files without .info extension
retitle 484740 please make info a universal operating system
severity 484740 wishlist
tag 484740 + wontfix
close 484740
thanks
Hi Vincent,
my opinion on that is the above. I am closing this bug.
On Fr, 06 Jun 2008, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> In the mpfr.info manual, there's now a cross reference to libtool.
> Unfortunately, when I want to read this info file without copying
> somewhere else, this cross reference doesn't work. A strace shows:
[...]
What do you want me to do? That is a file that AFAIS is not present in
Debian. It would be a bug of the shipping package. Or whatever.
If you specify
info -f foo.tar.gz
it already tells you
info: Cannot find node `Top'.
What you do is not even remotely intended. If you tell me that there is
a security error by loading the file, or something else important, pleae
tell me. But a simple mis-written info file loading binary blobs is not
the right thing to do.
> To avoid such a clash with other files, I think that info should check
> the format of the file (at least when the extension is not ".info"),
> and if it is not an info file, resume the search.
WHere??? In the whole filesystem? It did already check all the variants
of libtool.info with and without compression etc.
That *IS* a last resort!
I don't see a problem here. If you disagree, please reopen, the wontfix
tag will remain.
Best wishes
Norbert
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