Re: INFOPATH and emacs

[sood@tenet.res.in (Ritesh)]

Jeremy Gray <gray@euthanasia.ath.cx> wrote in message news:<slrnb9tvbo.u3i.gray@euthanasia.ath.cx>...
> Jeremy Gray <gray@euthanasia.ath.cx> wrote:  
> > Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> wrote:  
> >> 
> >> So there is a discrepancy between the command line info program and
> >> Emacs' M-x info command in how an empty INFOPATH component is
> >> interpreted.  I think Emacs should emulate info as closely as
> >> possible; if the OP agrees, he should use M-x report-emacs-bug to
> >> submit a bug report.
> > 
> > I think setting the entire path is easier in the long run since it
> > works for both info and info-mode.  But, I think this is a easily fixed
> > bug.  
> 
> This appears to work, at least for me.  
> 
> diff -Naur emacs-21.3/lisp/info.el emacs-21.3-jag/lisp/info.el
> --- emacs-21.3/lisp/info.el	2001-12-21 13:08:17.000000000 -0600
> +++ emacs-21.3-jag/lisp/info.el	2003-04-17 14:08:25.000000000 -0500

> @@ -320,7 +320,8 @@
>        (insert-file-contents fullname visit))))
>   
>  (defun info-initialize ()
> -  "Initialize `Info-directory-list', if that hasn't been done yet."
> +  "Initialize `Info-directory-list', respecting a final colon like
> +info standalone, if that hasn't been done yet."
>    (unless Info-directory-list
>      (let ((path (getenv "INFOPATH"))
>  	  (source (expand-file-name "info/" source-directory))
> @@ -341,7 +342,10 @@
>        (setq Info-directory-list
>  	    (prune-directory-list
>  	     (if path
> -		 (split-string path (regexp-quote path-separator))
> +		 (if (string-match ":$" path)
> +                     (append (split-string path (regexp-quote path-separator))
> +                             Info-default-directory-list)
> +                   (split-string path (regexp-quote path-separator)))
>  	       (if (and sibling (file-exists-p sibling))
>  		   ;; Uninstalled, Emacs builddir != srcdir.
>  		   (setq alternative sibling)

thanks!
can you please list out the steps? I've deleted/added the relevent
lines from above to my info.el file and also byte-compiled the file.
however, still the same behavior persists, that is the default info
path is not appended. I am running Red Hat Linux 7.3, emacs 21.2.1.