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23.3; [Info-search] "Search Failed"

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From: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: 10166 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, John Wiegley <johnw <at> boostpro.com>
Subject: bug#10166: 23.3; [Info-search] "Search Failed"
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:14:09 -0500

on Wed Nov 30 2011, Juri Linkov <juri-AT-jurta.org> wrote:

>> Almost any search in the attached fileset will fail in this way if you
>> repeat it enough times.  Is the texi ill-formed?
>
> Yes, it's ill-formed.
>
> `Info-search' expects that "^_\nIndirect:" is preceded by a newline in std.info,
> so it fails trying to call (search-forward "\n\^_\nIndirect:").

Amazing.  It's the direct output of makeinfo, so I can't understand why
the newline would be missing and expected.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
http://www.boostpro.com

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