Bug#1135234: info --where enters man pages when info does not exist

Paul Carman <[email protected]> Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:16:02 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.tetex
Message-ID <177749016200.450507.18309993206516562092.reportbug__29703.4513017692$1777490246$gmane$org@Me.nimrac>
Package: info
Version: 7.3-2
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]

Dear Maintainer,

Option --where is supposed to
print the physical location of the info file.

But, info ignores the --where option
for any search where an info file does not exist.

When an info file does not exist,
info --where acts like man.

Option --where should always output a list of file names.
Any other output adds programming difficulties
when info is being used to locate info data files.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
  APT prefers oldoldstable
  APT policy: (500, 'oldoldstable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.19.11+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages info depends on:
ii  install-info  7.3-2
ii  libc6         2.42-14
ii  libtinfo6     6.6+20251231-1

info recommends no packages.

info suggests no packages.

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