bug#81105: 32.0.50; installed ELPA package info missing on some distros after commit 7c22a7d

Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> writes:

>> From: Philip Kaludercic <[email protected]>
>> Cc: [email protected],  [email protected],  [email protected]
>> Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2026 20:31:10 +0000
>> 
>> Philip Kaludercic <[email protected]> writes:
>> 
>> > Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> writes:
>> >
>> >>> 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
>> >
>> > Fixed.
>> >
>> >> And I wonder whether we should explicitly say that "path separator"
>> >> means colon or semi-colon, not the slash.
>> >
>> > I thought about this as well, an decided not to go into those details
>> > and explaining when to use colon or a semi-colon, since we reference the
>> > relevant node in the texinfo manual that goes into that.
>> 
>> Ping?  I still think that the patch below should provide sufficient
>> context for users to understand the situation:
>
> I'm okay with the latest version, so feel free to install.

OK, done -- I'm closing the bug report.

> (Sorry, I wasn't aware you were waiting for some kind of reaction from
> me.)

No problem, I was just under the impression that you wanted to add
something.