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Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:

> Running: 
>  GNU Emacs 21.3.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, 
>  Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2003-07-05 on test
> On Redhat Linux 9.
>
> I've installed from cvs several weeks ago and installed info files in
> the usual /usr/local/info.  I hadn't noticed this behavior until
> returning from a trip of 2wks and attempting to look up something
> about abbrev usage.
>
> Start emacs and press C-h i gives me the full menu page as usual, but
> then pressing `m emacs <RET>' causes a major stall and emacs resource
> usage goes thru the roof. ... Pegged at 99.6.

Stefan installed a fix to `Info-menu' on 2003-07-07, and there were
other changes to Info around that time.  Try updating to the latest
sources.