Subject: Re: bug#58821: info-dir-file profile hooks misses entries such as rottlog

From: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 23:41:39 -0400

Hello,

Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]> writes:

> Hello,
>
> It appears the 'info-dir-file' profile hook procedure doesn't process
> all the entries as can be found with:
>
> $ guix shell --pure grep emacs info-reader rottlog
> [env]$ grep rottlog $GUIX_ENVIRONMENT/share/info/dir
>
> [env]$ emacs -> C-h i m rottlog RET -> no match
> [env]$ info rottlog -> displays manual
>
>>>From the above we can tell the 'dir' file generated by 'info-dir-file'
> hasn't registered an entry for rottlog, even though it's in INFOPATH.

Fixed with commit 3511ad2857.  The issue had to do with the lack of a
Texinfo 'direntry' in the rot[t]log info manual.

I've also removed the --silent option in the info-dir-file profile hook,
which should hint us at such problems in the future, when building
profiles verbosely.

Closing.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim