GNU bug report logs - #60762
28.2; info--manual-names ignores Info-additional-directory-list

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Sean Devlin <spd <at> toadstyle.org>

Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 23:46:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.2

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #22 received at 60762-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Sean Devlin <spd <at> toadstyle.org>
Cc: 60762-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#60762: 28.2; info--manual-names ignores
 Info-additional-directory-list
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2023 20:25:27 +0200

> From: Sean Devlin <spd <at> toadstyle.org>
> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2023 12:45:20 -0500
> Cc: 60762 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> To answer your question, customizing Info-default-directory-list is
> one valid workaround. It does require some care to keep the default
> set of directories it generates, but this snippet seems to work:
> 
> (custom-set-variables
>  '(Info-default-directory-list
>    (append Info-default-directory-list
> 	   '("/path/to/my/info/files/"))))

Thanks.
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