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24.4; Faulty info link -> definition of nth

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Message #37 received at 24624-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Tomas Nordin <tomasn <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 24624-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24624: 24.4; Faulty info link -> definition of nth
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2016 22:49:13 +0300

> From: Tomas Nordin <tomasn <at> posteo.net>
> Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2016 21:11:05 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > I think I see the problem now: if Emacs 24.4 is used with elisp.info
> > from Emacs 24.5, then I can reproduce your problem.  The manuals for
> > Emacs 24.4 were produced by makeinfo 4.13, whereas those for 24.5 were
> > produced by makeinfo 5.2.  I'm guessing there's some mismatch between
> > Emacs 24.4's info.el and makeinfo 5.2.  It seems like Debian produced
> > what they claim to be the 24.4 Info files from Emacs 24.5, or some
> > post-24.4 development version.
> 
> I am glad it seems to have been cleared up.
> 
> > So my suggestion is to upgrade to a newer Emacs version. Both Emacs
> > 24.5 and Emacs 25.1 will read your Info files correctly.
> 
> Thanks for the help. I might try to upgrade my emacs at some point then.

OK, I'm therefore marking this bug done.

Thanks.

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