[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#489832: Bug#489832: octave3.0-info: octave info docs not easily accessible

[Rafael Laboissiere]

package octave3.0-info
tags 489832 unreproducible moreinfo
thanks

* Drew Parsons <dparsons at debian.org> [2008-07-08 13:27]:

> Package: octave3.0-info
> Version: 1:3.0.1-4
> Severity: normal
> 
> This is really a reopening of bug #456636, which is archived.  Not
> sure if it should really be filed against octave2.1-info.
> 
> Sorry for the nuisance, I thought we had fixed this bug, but I'm
> experiencing it again.  I've moved to a new machine, upgraded it from
> etch to testing to sid.  And once again, "info octave" is delivering the
> man page instead of the info page.
> 
> Last time you determined the bug was in the octave2.1-info package, with
> the fix marked in 1:2.1.73-14.  
> 
> So I purged octave3.0-info and installed octave2.1-info (1:2.1.73-19)
> to make sure that part of the system was updated. Note that while
> octave2.1-info is installed, the problem is still present with "info
> octave" going to the man page.
> 
> I then removed octave2.1-info and installed octave3.0-info (1:3.0.1-4),
> but the problem is still there.  Same if I purge octave2.1-info instead
> of removing it.

I cannot reproduce this bug here, neither in testing or in my sid chroot.
Purging and reinstalling octave3.0-info works for me, the alternative
/usr/share/info/octave.info.gz -> /etc/alternatives/octave.info.gz is
correctly created.

Let us see what the other members of the DOG say.

-- 
Rafael