GNU bug report logs - #37247
26.3; Gnus manual gives incorrect instruction for picons installation on Debian-based distros

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: oitofelix <at> gnu.org (Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro)

Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2019 19:14:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 26.3

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: oitofelix <at> gnu.org (Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro)
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 26.3;
 Gnus manual gives incorrect instruction for picons installation on
 Debian-based distros
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2019 16:13:22 -0300
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
Hello GNU Emacs developers,

The patch follows:

[apt-get-picons.gnus.texi.diff (text/x-diff, inline)]
diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus.texi b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
index 28a5ecc..fb9581f 100644
--- a/doc/misc/gnus.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
@@ -23682,7 +23682,7 @@ point your Web browser at
 @uref{http://www.cs.indiana.edu/picons/ftp/index.html}.
 
 If you are using Debian GNU/Linux, saying @samp{apt-get install
-picons.*} will install the picons where Gnus can find them.
+picon-.*} will install the picons where Gnus can find them.
 
 To enable displaying picons, simply make sure that
 @code{gnus-picon-databases} points to the directory containing the
[Message part 3 (text/plain, inline)]
For reference: https://packages.debian.org/sid/picons

Best regards,

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