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29.4; Link to manual in *Help* for `buffer-stale-function' doesn't go where it should

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Message #10 received at 75772-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 75772-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#75772: 29.4;
 Link to manual in *Help* for `buffer-stale-function' doesn't go where
 it should
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:18:03 +0200

> Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 03:48:55 +0000
> From:  Drew Adams via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> 
> emacs -Q
> C-h v buffer-stale-function
> Click the link in the last paragraph:
> 
>  For more information on how this variable is used by Auto Revert mode,
>  see Info node `(emacs)Supporting additional buffers'.
> 
> The link takes you to the top of the Emacs manual.  It should take you
> to the node in the link text, `Supporting additional buffers'.

Thanks, this is already fixed for the upcoming Emacs 30.  The doc
string now says

  For more information on how this variable is used by Auto Revert mode,
  see Info node ‘(elisp)Reverting’.

> This bug is apparently quite old.

Yes, than node was removed from the Emacs user manual in Emacs 26.

Since this is already fixed, I'm closing this bug.

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