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24.1.50; New Info file suffix ".info" breaks `Info-find-node-2'

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 11999 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, schwab <at> linux-m68k.org
Subject: bug#11999: 24.1.50; New Info file suffix ".info" breaks `Info-find-node-2'
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 23:47:45 +0300

> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:03:55 -0700
> Cc: 11999 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > > This is the problem - there is no such file:
> > >   info-file-exists-p("c:/Emacs-24-2012-07-16/info/emacs")
> > 
> > Thus info-file-exists-p correctly returns nil.  What is the problem?
> 
> This Emacs code still expects the Emacs Info file to have no suffix - it does
> not look for a file named with a suffix.

It does for me.  If it doesn't for you, perhaps you have a stale
info.el lurking on your load-path.  Or maybe some of your local
customizations prevent that suffix test from happening.  The code is
right there in info-insert-file-contents, just look at it.

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