On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 11:42:43PM -0500, David Wright wrote:
> On Mon 14 Oct 2019 at 21:06:21 (-0700), Dan Hitt wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm using debian 9 (stretch).
> >
> > I would like to install the info node for elisp (in emacs).
> >
> > I went to packages.debian.org to search for elisp in stretch. There are
> > six results but none of them look like they contain info documentation.
[...]
> Perhaps you're looking for emacs-common-non-dfsg which is in non-free
> (for licensing reasons I believe).
Thanks David!
For me, the package was emacs24-common-non-dfsg, and i see that i'm now
in oldstable, not just stable.
Yes. There is a conflict between how Debian defines "free" (DFSG) and
how GNU wants to license their "free" documentation (GFDL). Possibly
best summarized here [1]
Freedom is a complex beast, alas.
Thanks Tomás for the explanation and link.
I will keep my oar out of the water about the complex beast, but since i'm in oldstable,
does that mean i need to upgrade before too long? (I've been using debian 9 since
February 2017.)
Anyhow, thanks David and Tomás for your help.
dan
[1] https://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_001
Cheers
-- tomás