[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#555646: Bug#555646: "doc" at command prompt complains about missing octave3.2.info

[Thomas Weber]

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 11:39:53PM +0100, Raphael Manfredi wrote:
> Hello Thomas,
> 
> : The info documentation is in the octave3.2-info package.
> : Please indicate whether this solves your problems.
> 
> Indeed, after installing the octave3.2-info package, the "doc" command
> was working.  However, the "info" subsystem was not working properly
> and I had to upgrade it (my previous info was 3.12-0.1 and it did not allow
> me to browse "Linear Algebra" for instance from the top info menu).

Uh, even oldstable (etch) has 4.8.dfsg.1-4 and there's no sign for a 3.12
version in texinfo's upload history at
http://packages.qa.debian.org/t/texinfo.html

How did you manage to get that version?

> With info 4.13a.dfsg.1-5, it seems to work.
> 
> You may want to introduce a proper dependency on info before moving the
> package to "testing".

Not until i know that there's indeed a need for it.

Thanks
	Thomas