GNU bug report logs - #34264
trailing whitespace in info directory

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 12:30:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: notabug, wontfix

Merged with 30156

Found in version 6.5.0.dfsg.1-1

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Forwarded to http://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-texinfo/2017-03/msg00030.html

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: trailing whitespace in info directory
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 18:51:44 +0800

$ grep whitespace .emacs
 show-trailing-whitespace t; been there for years, works great.
C-h i (info "(dir) Top")
Suddenly every few lines there shows trailing whitespace...
Never was any there before.
Information forwarded to bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org:
bug#34264; Package emacs. (Thu, 31 Jan 2019 14:20:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 34264 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34264: trailing whitespace in info directory
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 16:19:33 +0200

> From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
> 	<jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 18:51:44 +0800
> 
> $ grep whitespace .emacs
>  show-trailing-whitespace t; been there for years, works great.
> C-h i (info "(dir) Top")
> Suddenly every few lines there shows trailing whitespace...
> Never was any there before.

Crystal ball says that DIR file is not from Emacs, it is produced by
the procedure that installs the Info manuals on your system, or
perhaps comes with the distributions you install.  Because the DIR
file which comes with Emacs doesn't have any trailing whitespace, at
least on my system.

If my crystal ball is clear today, then you should complain to the
Texinfo project, which is where the install-info program comes from.
(Not that I understand why would someone want to set
show-trailing-whitespace non-nil in Info buffers, but that's me.)
Severity set to 'wishlist' from 'normal' Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 31 Jan 2019 16:32:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Added tag(s) wontfix and notabug. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 31 Jan 2019 16:32:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug closed, send any further explanations to 34264 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 31 Jan 2019 16:32:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Merged 30156 34264. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 31 Jan 2019 18:55:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 34264 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Subject: Re: bug#34264: trailing whitespace in info directory
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 13:59:00 -0500

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> If my crystal ball is clear today, then you should complain to the
> Texinfo project, which is where the install-info program comes from.

I suggest not bothering them again:

https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=30156
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=887634
Set bug forwarded-to-address to 'http://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-texinfo/2017-03/msg00030.html'. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 31 Jan 2019 20:53:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Fri, 01 Mar 2019 12:24:06 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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