GNU bug report logs - #10166
23.3; [Info-search] "Search Failed"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>

Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:12:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 23.3

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 10166 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
Cc: 10166 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10166: 23.3; [Info-search] "Search Failed"
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:28:16 +0200

> 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:").
This bug report was last modified 13 years and 226 days ago.

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