bug#37247: 26.3; Gnus manual gives incorrect instruction for picons installation on Debian-based distros

bug#37247: 26.3; Gnus manual gives incorrect instruction for picons installation on Debian-based distros

[Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro]

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Hello GNU Emacs developers,

The patch follows:


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diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus.texi b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
index 28a5ecc..fb9581f 100644
--- a/doc/misc/gnus.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
@@ -23682,7 +23682,7 @@ point your Web browser at
 @uref{http://www.cs.indiana.edu/picons/ftp/index.html}.
 
 If you are using Debian GNU/Linux, saying @samp{apt-get install
-picons.*} will install the picons where Gnus can find them.
+picon-.*} will install the picons where Gnus can find them.
 
 To enable displaying picons, simply make sure that
 @code{gnus-picon-databases} points to the directory containing the

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For reference: https://packages.debian.org/sid/picons

Best regards,

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bug#37247: 26.3; Gnus manual gives incorrect instruction for picons installation on Debian-based distros

[Eric Abrahamsen]

oitofelix@gnu.org (Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro) writes:

> Hello GNU Emacs developers,
>
> The patch follows:
>
> diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus.texi b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
> index 28a5ecc..fb9581f 100644
> --- a/doc/misc/gnus.texi
> +++ b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
> @@ -23682,7 +23682,7 @@ point your Web browser at
>  @uref{http://www.cs.indiana.edu/picons/ftp/index.html}.
>  
>  If you are using Debian GNU/Linux, saying @samp{apt-get install
> -picons.*} will install the picons where Gnus can find them.
> +picon-.*} will install the picons where Gnus can find them.

I tried this on Ubuntu, and it worked fine.

Where are we at with the Emacs 26 branch? Is it still hands-off?

bug#37247: 26.3; Gnus manual gives incorrect instruction for picons installation on Debian-based distros

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> Where are we at with the Emacs 26 branch? Is it still hands-off?

It's open again as far as I know, but no further Emacs 26 releases are
planned, so I think patches should just go to Emacs 27 now, if I
understand correctly.

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bug#37247: 26.3; Gnus manual gives incorrect instruction for picons installation on Debian-based distros

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

oitofelix@gnu.org (Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro) writes:

>  If you are using Debian GNU/Linux, saying @samp{apt-get install
> -picons.*} will install the picons where Gnus can find them.
> +picon-.*} will install the picons where Gnus can find them.

Thanks; applied to Emacs 27.

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