From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gregory Heytings Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#46236: 26.1; explicit the info files installation Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2021 12:32:38 +0000 Message-ID: <192e82f20f22020cd392@heytings.org> References: <875z3bq3p6.fsf@host.localdomain> <83fszkqacg.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="39424"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: marmot-te@riseup.net, 46236@debbugs.gnu.org, rms@gnu.org To: Stefan Kangas Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 21 14:50:24 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lZCJD-000A0g-Ba for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 21 Apr 2021 14:50:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38592 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lZCJC-0000Pm-6b for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 21 Apr 2021 08:50:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:51240) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lZC2Q-00015f-Am for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Apr 2021 08:33:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:45591) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lZC2Q-0004ST-2P for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Apr 2021 08:33:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lZC2Q-0005rw-0J for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Apr 2021 08:33:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Gregory Heytings Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2021 12:33:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 46236 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 46236-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B46236.161900836822540 (code B ref 46236); Wed, 21 Apr 2021 12:33:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 46236) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Apr 2021 12:32:48 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57137 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lZC28-0005rQ-H2 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 21 Apr 2021 08:32:48 -0400 Original-Received: from heytings.org ([95.142.160.155]:47210) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lZC23-0005rE-ME for 46236@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 21 Apr 2021 08:32:43 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=heytings.org; s=20210101; t=1619008358; bh=Ad4x0ERQcdt7j/TPq4VT/j6U9HZeFWySXpMqQH6Bsvo=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References:From; b=a+sb/Ioi+TciGE4KrOA9P5VWBoxQmXaSZfmw8Q5VozF4b7NirktuEA3P4ou+su6fA UkW4jMYsHSMyEsE3EtRC78lOK/+Qk9k/YLA2othhLtCThH3qqgFsbrBueintL++w+u ImEKszEYL9krJpnodkjDJ+Yyc7qzCD2rh4Zb9U2swhnP7ylY/22tlhX9u18SgVsyaw i5PV7rfkkb2g9WhS8hI6AlB6o5b6s2GPkOM/US+lcmYeyMD1rAYJOeDwqWuaOk6xdP WX7AJPB7mp+G3FOeDgCvcDxswkSeBw6a22+hNlLTNpdWud8OFlVhLf9gt8yBDXhJUM y3OHO+E1EF7Eg== In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:204602 Archived-At: > > When I say `C-h r' without `emacs-common-non-dfsg' installed on my > Debian machine, I get "Info file emacs does not exist". I get the same > message when trying to follow the Info node reference from `C-h f > pcase', but it is complaining about the elisp manual. > A suggestion: when the info files bundled with Emacs cannot be found, download them from info.gnu.org (after asking the user if they're okay with that) and install them into ~/.emacs.d/info. The info files that are supposed to be bundled with Emacs are not that big (about 5 MB, gzipped), and something similar (downloading data from a gnu.org site and install them into a ~/.emacs.d subdirectory) happens with M-x list-packages.