> From: Gavin Smith <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 20:46:15 +0000 > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 03:17:36PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > This is an old bug in the "info" utility, which no longer appeared in > > 7.1.1 and 7.2, but reappeared in 7.2.92 (all my tests have been done > > under Debian, with Debian packages): > > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=484740 > > I've confirmed the bug (assuming it is one) isn't present in 7.2. > > It's likely the bug was fixed inadvertently through other changes > to the code, and again broken again by mistake. > > It's related to the 'follow-strategy' variable. If this is "remain", > which is the default, Info files in the same directory are preferred.
Right. And that was always the way it worked. It is also the right way, because it allows one to have several Info files by the same name on the same system, and causes the Info reader predictably find the right one in each case. It is okay to make the Info reader more robust in these situations, but by and large, the assumption is and always has been that the directory where Info files are stored should have nothing except Info files (including DIR and any image files used by the manuals). If any other files are present there, IMNSHO it's a cockpit mistake of sorts, and the solution should be to remove those non-Info files. They have no reason to be there. That said, I'm not the maintainer of Texinfo, just an interested bystander and occasional contributor. The decision is up to Gavin and Patrice.
