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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
To: sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com>
Cc: 35590@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#35590: Emacs info can't open info manuals
Date: Sun, 05 May 2019 22:26:15 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lfzkqpwd.fsf@netris.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <16a899ec3b8.f11d457e39475.3520016243872384490@zoho.com> (sirgazil@zoho.com's message of "Sun, 05 May 2019 15:10:44 -0500")

Hi,

sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> writes:

> I can't open info manuals in an Emacs freshly installed in my GNU
> system installed in a real machine using the ISO installer
> (https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1.0.0.x86_64-linux.iso.xz).
>
> ## Steps to reproduce
>
> 1. guix install emacs
> 2. Start Emacs.
> 3. M-x info Enter.
> 4. m Guix Enter (or any other manual).
>
>
> ## Unexpected result
>
> The manual is not displayed, and the minibuffer says:
>
>     Uncompression program 'sh' not found

This is surprising.  On a Guix system, sh is unconditionally installed
in /bin/sh.  If you type M-x getenv PATH RET in Emacs, does the
displayed string include /bin?  Does M-! sh RET show an error?

     Thanks,
       Mark

  reply	other threads:[~2019-05-06  2:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-05-05 20:10 bug#35590: Emacs info can't open info manuals sirgazil
2019-05-06  2:26 ` Mark H Weaver [this message]
2019-05-06 11:52   ` sirgazil
2019-05-06 15:07     ` Mark H Weaver
2019-05-06 16:14       ` sirgazil
2019-05-06 18:00 ` sirgazil

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