Re: info reader crashes, if /usr/share/info/dir is unreadable

Preuße, Hilmar <[email protected]> Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:45:16 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.tex.texinfo.bugs
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Am 19.04.2026 um 14:09 schrieb Gavin Smith:

Hello Gavin,

> Thanks for the report.
> 
> I replicated this on the master branch with:
> 
> touch dir
> INFOPATH=. ./ginfo -v infopath-no-defaults=On
> 
> I've attempted a fix in commit 5490efb8a73 (today).
> 

Many thanks!

Unfortunately I'm currently unable to test the patch. It does not apply 
to the TI 7.3 source tree and I'm failing to compile the git checkout, 
b/c Debian does not have gettext => 0.26 yet. Will try later on.

Hilmar

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