debugging missing `info`

debugging missing `info`

[Tom Roche]

I'm running

$ lsb_release -ds
Linux Mint Debian Edition # Update Pack 3
$ uname -rv
2.6.39-2-amd64 #1 SMP Tue Jul 5 02:51:22 UTC 2011
$ emacs --version
GNU Emacs 23.3.1

which I installed from a debian package. When from the bash commandline I do

$ info emacs

I get info file=efaq

- The GNU Emacs FAQ

but I expect info file=emacs. Similarly, when I do `C-h i` from emacs, in the Directory node I see only (in category=Emacs)

- Emacs
- * ESS: (ess).                   Emacs Speaks Statistics (S/S+/R, SAS, 
-                                   BUGS/JAGS, Stata, XLisp-Stat).
- * Emacs FAQ: (emacs-23/efaq).   Frequently Asked Questions about Emacs.

where I expect to see

+ Emacs
+ * ESS: (ess).                   Emacs Speaks Statistics (S/S+/R, SAS, 
+                                   BUGS/JAGS, Stata, XLisp-Stat).
+ * Emacs: (emacs)               The extensible self-documenting text editor.
+ * Emacs FAQ: (emacs-23/efaq).   Frequently Asked Questions about Emacs.

How to fix this? I'm guessing this is a package management problem: if
so, are there specific things I should request from the maintainers? Are
there configuration details I should check on my side first?

TIA, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche@pobox.com>

Re: debugging missing `info`

[Michael Heerdegen]

Hi Tom

in Debian, the Emacs manual belongs to a separate package,
"emacs23-common-non-dfsg", which is non-free.  This is due to the Debian
Guidelines.

Maybe the situation in your Linux edition is similar?


Michael.

Re: debugging missing `info`

[Tom Roche]

summary: fix=

$ sudo aptitude install emacs23-common-non-dfsg

details:

Tom Roche Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:26:40 -0500
>> $ lsb_release -ds
>> Linux Mint Debian Edition # Update Pack 3
>> $ uname -rv
>> 2.6.39-2-amd64 #1 SMP Tue Jul 5 02:51:22 UTC 2011
>> $ emacs --version
>> GNU Emacs 23.3.1

>> which I installed from a debian package. When [...] I do
> `C-h i` from emacs, in the Directory node I see only
> (in category=Emacs)

>> - Emacs
>> - * ESS: (ess).                   Emacs Speaks Statistics (S/S+/R, SAS, 
>> -                                   BUGS/JAGS, Stata, XLisp-Stat).
>> - * Emacs FAQ: (emacs-23/efaq).   Frequently Asked Questions about Emacs.

Michael Heerdegen Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:55:58 +0100
> in Debian, the Emacs manual belongs to a separate package,
> "emacs23-common-non-dfsg", which is non-free.

and so it is in LMDE: I quit emacs,

$ sudo aptitude install emacs23-common-non-dfsg

and restarted emacs, and now `C-h i` shows

Emacs
* ESS: ...
* Emacs: ...
* Emacs FAQ: ...
* Ada mode: ...
* CC Mode: ...
* IDLWAVE: ...
* Org Mode: ...
* nXML Mode: ...
* Autotype: ...
* Calc: ...
* Dired-X: ...
* EDE: ...
* EDT: ...
* EIEIO: ...
* EasyPG Assistant: ...
* Ebrowse: ...
* Ediff: ...
* Eshell: ...
* Flymake: ...
* Forms: ...
* PCL-CVS: ...
* RefTeX: ...
* Remember: ...
* SES: ...
* Semantic: ...
* Speedbar: ...
* VIP: ...
* VIPER: ...
* WoMan: ...
* ERC: ...
* EUDC: ...
* Gnus: ...
* MH-E: ...
* Mairix: ...
* Message: ...
* Newsticker: ...
* PGG: ...
* Rcirc: ...
* SASL: ...
* SC: ...
* Sieve: ...
* TRAMP: ...
* Elisp: ...
* Emacs Lisp Intro: ...

which is what I want.

Thanks! Tom Roche <Tom_Roche@pobox.com>