Re: info utility: buggy resolution of cross references
Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]>
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> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 14:55:08 +0100 > From: Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]> > Cc: Gavin Smith <[email protected]>, [email protected] > > On 2026-02-24 15:38:48 +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > It is okay to make the Info reader more robust in these situations, > > but by and large, the assumption is and always has been that the > > directory where Info files are stored should have nothing except Info > > files (including DIR and any image files used by the manuals). If any > > other files are present there, IMNSHO it's a cockpit mistake of sorts, > > and the solution should be to remove those non-Info files. They have > > no reason to be there. > > I agree about directories from the info path, but *not* for > directories outside of the info path. The latter occurs when > following a cross-reference from an info file that was given > on the command line, e.g. in a source tree, typically during > the development and testing of software. You should put the Info files in the source tree in a separate directory, which is reserved only for Info files.