From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16407: Info-directory-list should always put this Emacs's info direc first Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 03:05:13 -0500 Message-ID: References: <838uuocnn9.fsf@gnu.org> <4s4n5cl20f.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1389341164 27666 80.91.229.3 (10 Jan 2014 08:06:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 08:06:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 16407@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 10 09:06:10 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1W1X6V-0005wX-EM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Jan 2014 09:06:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55737 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1X6U-0005EJ-TJ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Jan 2014 03:06:06 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59832) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1X6R-0005E7-5w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jan 2014 03:06:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1X6Q-0002HW-5W for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jan 2014 03:06:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:58899) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1X6Q-0002HP-2q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jan 2014 03:06:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W1X6P-0005Tw-Qp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jan 2014 03:06:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 08:06:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16407 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 16407-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16407.138934111720991 (code B ref 16407); Fri, 10 Jan 2014 08:06:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16407) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Jan 2014 08:05:17 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44685 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W1X5h-0005SU-EC for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jan 2014 03:05:17 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:51630) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W1X5e-0005SM-QH for 16407@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jan 2014 03:05:15 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1X5d-0004XE-SX; Fri, 10 Jan 2014 03:05:13 -0500 X-Spook: Waco, Texas bullion BLU-114/B ARPA strategic TWA X-Ran: IQ'+umk!%_C~L},((lc::!vt|wKR@&0#eEg&f''YQEJuI7*o*;rqE8tPCEmX8o*2s&lBp_ X-Hue: magenta X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <4s4n5cl20f.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Fri, 10 Jan 2014 02:38:56 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:83219 Archived-At: Glenn Morris wrote: >> What if the user installs newer versions of, say, Gnus or Org from >> their respective repositories? > > See my comment above. > (Frankly, I suspect what happens at present in most such cases is that > people install the lisp files in their load-path, but do not do anything > with INFOPATH, so end up seeing the wrong Info pages anyway.) PPS Actually, if they install via the Emacs package manager, there will be no problem. That already does what I suggest: forces an entry on to the very front of Info-directory-list. That would still come before the element I am suggesting.