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

[Thomas Weber]

package octave3.0-info
tags 489832 -unreproducible
thanks

Am Dienstag, den 08.07.2008, 06:48 +0200 schrieb Rafael Laboissiere:
> 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.

Well, I just realized I have the problem on my work system:

$ info -w octave
*manpages*

but
$ info -f /usr/share/info/octave.info.gz

works as expected, so the file is there.

If anyone has a pointer at hand as to when "info" uses the manpages, I
would appreciate that.

	Thomas