bug#81105: 32.0.50; installed ELPA package info missing on some distros after commit 7c22a7d
Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> Sun, 02 Aug 2026 07:34:24 +0300
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> From: Philip Kaludercic <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] > Date: Sat, 01 Aug 2026 16:22:27 +0000 > > > Yes, documenting this is a good idea. > > We don't really talk much about Info manuals for packages in the Emacs > manual, so I suggest just adding a footnote to (emacs) Packages: Something like that, yes. > +Emacs Lisp program, sometimes including other components such as an Info > +manual@footnote{Note that if your system sets the @env{INFOPATH} > +environmental variable, without a trailing path separator, then this > +shadow the manuals that Emacs registers during startup, @xref{Other Info ^^^^^^ "shadows". Also, @xref should be @pxref And I wonder whether we should explicitly say that "path separator" means colon or semi-colon, not the slash.