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Bug#501194: marked as done (info opens browser even when argument is not found)

Your message dated Mon, 4 Feb 2019 22:33:48 +0100
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and subject line Re: Bug#501194: info opens browser even when argument is not found
has caused the Debian Bug report #501194,
regarding info opens browser even when argument is not found
to be marked as done.

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Package: info
Version: 4.11.dfsg.1-4
Severity: minor

If I am looking for information on 'foo', the program 'man' tells me
right away that it isn't in the manpage database:

$ man foo
No manual entry for foo

However, 'info' forces the user to read through the following output:

----------------------------------------------------------------
File: dir       Node: Top       This is the top of the INFO tree
  This (the Directory node) gives a menu of major topics.
  Typing "q" exits, "?" lists all Info commands, "d" returns here,
  "mCoreutils<Return>" visits Coreutils topic, etc.
  Or click mouse button 2 on a menu item or cross reference to select
  it.
  --- PLEASE ADD DOCUMENTATION TO THIS TREE. (See INFO topic first.) ---

In Debian GNU/Linux, Info `dir' entries are added with the command
`install-info'.  Please refer to install-info(8) for usage details.

* Menu: The list of major topics begins on the next line.

Basics
* Coreutils: (coreutils).               Core GNU (file, text, shell)
                                        utilities.
* Common options: (coreutils)Common options.
                                        Common options.
* File permissions: (coreutils)File permissions.
                                        Access modes.
* Date input formats: (coreutils)Date input formats.
* Finding files: (find).                Operating on files matching certain
                                        criteria.

Miscellaneous:
* Rluserman: (rluserman).               GNU Readline Library API

Utilities
* Gzip: (gzip).                         The gzip command for compressing
-----Info: (dir)Top, 459 lines --Top-------------------------------------------------
No menu item `foo' in node `(dir)Top'.
----------------------------------------------------------------

I think it would be more user-friendly to just print a brief message
like 'man' does, rather than opening a screen full of stuff which has
already been determined not to contain the desired term.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages info depends on:
ii  libc6                     2.7-12         GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libncurses5               5.6+20080621-2 shared libraries for terminal hand

info recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

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Version: 6.5.0.dfsg.1-1

On 04.02.19 19:35, frederik@ofb.net wrote:

> Wow, you are very diligent.
> 
> Yes it seems to have been fixed sometime in the past 11 years!
> 
Closing then. Still in 6.3.0 from stable, fixed in 6.5.0.

Hilmar
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