On 1 January 2010 at 16:52, Drew Parsons wrote: | Package: gsl-doc-info | Version: 1.13-1 | Severity: normal
| Since the gsl info pages are shipped under "gsl-ref", when you type in | "info gsl", the info pages do not appear. Instead the man page comes up. I cannot replicate this. On my main Debian computer, the info page comes up. Here pipe'd into head for email use: e...@ron:~$ info gsl | head info: Writing node (gsl-ref.info.gz)Top... info: Writing node (gsl-ref.info.gz)Introduction... info: Writing node (gsl-ref.info.gz)Routines available in GSL... File: gsl-ref.info, Node: Top, Next: Introduction, Prev: (dir), Up: (dir) GSL *** This file documents the GNU Scientific Library (GSL), a collection of numerical routines for scientific computing. It corresponds to release 1.13 of the library. Please report any errors in this manual to <bug-...@gnu.org>. info: Writing node (gsl-ref.info.gz)GSL is Free Software... info: Writing node (gsl-ref.info.gz)Obtaining GSL... e...@ron:~$ | The man page does refer to "info gsl-ref", by which we can access the | info pages. However I think it would be easier for users, and | therefore a good service to them, if "info gsl" operated in the | intuitive manner, going to the gsl-ref info pages. | | I believe this can be achieved readily with a symlink or other short | reference from gsl.info to gsl-ref.info. Is this a fresh install or an old system? Dirk | -- System Information: | Debian Release: squeeze/sid | APT prefers unstable | APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') | Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) | | Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) | Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) | Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash | | Versions of packages gsl-doc-info depends on: | ii dpkg 1.15.5.5 Debian package management system | ii install-info 4.13a.dfsg.1-5 Manage installed documentation in | | gsl-doc-info recommends no packages. | | Versions of packages gsl-doc-info suggests: | ii emacs23 [info-browser] 23.1+1-5 The GNU Emacs editor (with GTK+ us | ii info [info-browser] 4.13a.dfsg.1-5 Standalone GNU Info documentation | ii jed [info-browser] 1:0.99.19-1 editor for programmers (textmode v | ii jed-extra [info-browser] 2.5.6-1 collection of useful Jed modes and | ii libgsl0ldbl 1.13+dfsg-1 GNU Scientific Library (GSL) -- li | | -- no debconf information | | -- Three out of two people have difficulties with fractions. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
