Subject: bug#12395: 24.2.50; `C-h f emacs-version' ignores doc string; gives no information

From: "Drew Adams" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:52:35 -0700

> > emacs -Q
> >  
> > C-h f emacs-version
> >  
> > Missing all information.  The doc string is ignored.
> 
> I can't reproduce this, I get the docstring.
> Any more info so that I can reproduce this or shall I 
> just close this issue?

No, please do not close it.
Perhaps it is Windows-specific; dunno.
I get this systematically.

This is the full output from `C-h f emacs-version RET':

---

 emacs-version is an interactive compiled Lisp function in
 `version.el'.

 (emacs-version &optional HERE)

 Not documented.

---
In GNU Emacs 24.2.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2012-08-26 on MARVIN
Bzr revision: 109788 [email-masked]
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
Configured using:
 `configure --with-gcc (4.6) --no-opt --enable-checking --cflags
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libXpm-3.5.8/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libXpm-3.5.8/src
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libpng-dev_1.4.3-1/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/zlib-dev_1.2.5-2/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/giflib-4.1.4-1/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/jpeg-6b-4/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/tiff-3.8.2-1/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/gnutls-3.0.9/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libiconv-1.13.1-1-dev/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libxml2-2.7.8/include/libxml2'