Package: maxima
Version: 5.11.0-1
Severity: normal
Steps to reproduce:
1) start maxima
2) type describe("factor");
Expected results:
2) maxima shows help about the "factor" function. Here's what I see on
debian etch:
(%i1) describe("factor");
0: dontfactor :(maxima.info)Definitions for Matrices and Linear Algebra.
1: expandwrt_factored :Definitions for Simplification.
2: factor :Definitions for Polynomials.
3: factorfacsum :Definitions for simplification.
4: factorflag :Definitions for Polynomials.
5: factorial :Definitions for Number Theory.
6: factorout :Definitions for Polynomials.
7: factorsum :Definitions for Polynomials.
8: gcfactor :Definitions for Polynomials.
9: get_lu_factors :Definitions for linearalgebra.
10: gfactor :Definitions for Polynomials.
11: gfactorsum :Definitions for Polynomials.
12: ifactors :Definitions for Number Theory.
13: lu_factor :Definitions for linearalgebra.
14: minfactorial :Definitions for Number Theory.
15: nextlayerfactor :Definitions for simplification.
16: numfactor :Definitions for Special Functions.
17: savefactors :Definitions for Polynomials.
18: scalefactors :Definitions for Matrices and Linear Algebra.
19: solvefactors :Definitions for Equations.
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Still waiting:
Actual results:
2) maxima complains about not being able to find maxima-index.lisp.
Here's a full transcript:
Maxima 5.11.0 http://maxima.sourceforge.net
Using Lisp GNU Common Lisp (GCL) GCL 2.6.7 (aka GCL)
Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING.
Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter.
This is a development version of Maxima. The function bug_report()
provides bug reporting information.
(%i1) describe("factor");
Could not find `/usr/share/info/maxima-index.lisp' using paths in
file_search_lisp,system (combined values:
[/home/lindi/.maxima/###.{o,lisp,lsp},
/usr/share/maxima/5.11.0/share/###.{o,lisp,lsp}, /usr/share/maxima/5.11.0/shar\
e/{affine,algebra,algebra/charsets,algebra/solver,calculus,combinatorics,contr\
ib,contrib/boolsimp,contrib/descriptive,contrib/diffequations,contrib/diffequa\
tions/tests,contrib/distrib,contrib/dynamics,contrib/ezunits,contrib/format,co\
ntrib/gentran,contrib/gentran/test,contrib/Grobner,contrib/lurkmathml,contrib/\
maximaMathML,contrib/mcclim,contrib/numericalio,contrib/pdiff,contrib/prim,con\
trib/rand,contrib/sarag,contrib/simplex,contrib/simplex/Tests,contrib/solve_re\
c,contrib/state,contrib/stats,contrib/stringproc,contrib/unit,contrib/Zeilberg\
er,diffequations,lbfgs,linearalgebra,integequations,integration,macro,matrix,m\
isc,numeric,orthopoly,physics,simplification,sym,tensor,tensor/tests,trigonome\
try,utils,vector}/###.{o,lisp,lsp},
/usr/share/maxima/5.11.0/src/###.{o,lisp,lsp},
/usr/lib/gcl-2.6.7/unixport/../src/foo.{o,lsp,lisp}] )
-- an error. To debug this try debugmode(true);
More info:
1) $ ls -l /usr/share/info/maxima*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 62829 Mar 26 23:27 /usr/share/info/maxima.info-1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 73211 Mar 26 23:27 /usr/share/info/maxima.info-2.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68658 Mar 26 23:27 /usr/share/info/maxima.info-3.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 71370 Mar 26 23:27 /usr/share/info/maxima.info-4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 60106 Mar 26 23:27 /usr/share/info/maxima.info-5.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29227 Mar 26 23:27 /usr/share/info/maxima.info-6.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20162 Mar 26 23:27 /usr/share/info/maxima.info-7.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2931 Mar 26 23:27 /usr/share/info/maxima.info.gz
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.4.34.2sauna0
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages maxima depends on:
ii gnuplot-nox 4.0.0-5 A command-line driven interactive
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgmp3c2 2:4.2.1+dfsg-4 Multiprecision arithmetic library
ii libice6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libncurses5 5.5-5 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libreadline5 5.2-2 GNU readline and history libraries
ii libsm6 1:1.0.1-3 X11 Session Management library
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library
ii libxaw7 1:1.0.2-4 X11 Athena Widget library
ii libxext6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxmu6 1:1.0.2-2 X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii libxt6 1:1.0.2-2 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
Versions of packages maxima recommends:
ii gv 1:3.6.2-3 PostScript and PDF viewer for X
ii maxima-share 5.11.0-1 A computer algebra system -- extra
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