On 09/08/2014 07:12 PM, Andreas Schwab wrote: > Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> writes: > >> For instance, in the touch(1) man page: >> >> The full documentation for touch is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If >> the info and touch programs are properly installed at your site, the >> command >> >> info coreutils 'touch invocation' >> >> should give you access to the complete manual. >> >> This is now incorrect (as of 8.23?), because it gives the page: > > "info touch" still works, which is equivalent to "info '(coreutils)touch > invocation'". > >> Note: Since the coreutils utility doesn't seem to exist in Debian, this >> section could be removed, but this problem may reappear in the future. >> So, it's better to use the capital letter C. > > Having info dir entries only differing in case seems like a bad idea.
I agree. We could rename the node, but the bracketed form works well without the need for any extra quoting. I.E. this is unambiguous: info '(coreutils) stat invocation' The following simple patch implements that. thanks, Pádraig. diff --git a/src/system.h b/src/system.h index 162446c..00180cb 100644 --- a/src/system.h +++ b/src/system.h @@ -582,7 +582,8 @@ emit_ancillary_info (void) last_component (program_name)); } printf (_("For complete documentation, run: " - "info coreutils '%s invocation'\n"), last_component (program_name)); + "info '(coreutils) %s invocation'\n"), + last_component (program_name)); } -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org