Trying to use expr, the argument 5.0 is not recognized as numeric, so I
wonder what is supposed to work. The man page doesn't say, the --help
doesn't say (nor -? nor -h).
so:
info expr
[...]
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for expr is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
If the info and expr programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info expr
should give you access to the complete manual.
I suppose this text is technically correct.
The second part of this hate is unfortunately too tangled for me to
deduce. The short form is that Debian is hateful, and either the
package installation method, or the texinfo scripts, or the dpkg
install-info program or well, maybe something else is broken. And has
been so since before the year 2001.
Extra joy comes from the developers involved being so tired of the
situation that they don't bother to consitently comment/modify/clarify
bugs filed against the relevant packages, so a significant portion of
the hints in the bug tracking system are wrong.. Maybe it will work
correctly in another decade or so.
-josh
