Bug#233925: exim4-doc-info: missing or damaged index entries

[Ross Boylan]

On Sat, Feb 18, 2006 at 09:45:25PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> tags #233925 unreproducible
> thanks
> 
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 11:16:53AM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote:
> > In emacs21 I tried looking for index entries for match, matches,
> > begins.  None of these turned up the documentation on the string
> > comparison commands in the exim4-filter doc, which documents them.
> > 
> > While looking for this, I noticed some other problems.
> > 
> > In the main exim4 doc, if I look for (i.e., hit "i" and then type the
> > entry I want) an index entry for filter, my CPU goes to 100% for about
> > a minute.  Finally it drops me in the index and says "No such anchor
> > in tag table or node in tag table or file: enabling use of:
> > allow_filter (redirect)".
> > 
> > If I then go to 
> > *filter:introduction:	User filters
> > in the index, position on the *, and hit enter, the CPU again maxes
> > out.  It finishes with an error similar to that above, only this time
> > on "introduction: User filters".
> > 
> > Finally, still in the main doc, if ask for the index entry for if, I
> > go to a page.  Then I hit "," (see next entry) and after a bit get
> > "No such anchor in tag table or node in tag table or file: for client,
> > location of: tls_certificate (smtp)".
> 
> I cannot reproduce any of this in current sid, not even with
> exim4-doc-info from stable.
> 
> This might be caused by the fact that I never use the info browser,
> and don't use emacs. Please give more detailed information about how
> to reproduce the behavior.
> 
> Greetings
> Marc
> 
I'm now seeing different, though still undesirable behavior.  Here are
the steps and what happens.
Start emacs (running under KDE) 21.4a-3
Type ctl-h i  # gets you into the info system
Type m exim and hit enter
I'm now looking at a window displaying "Specification of the Exim Mail
Transfer Agent"
Type i filter
Emacs beeps immediately and displays "No index" in the one-line window
at the bottom.

As far as I can tell, i followed by anything produces this response.
exim4-doc-info is now 4.60-2

This system is basically testing, so neither stable nor sid.  It does
not have exim4 installed.  I tried on a similar system with exim4 and
got the same results.  I looked in the upstream changelog (in
/usr/share/doc/exim4-base on the system with exim4), searching on
'info' and 'documen' and didn't turn up anything (e.g., "we turned off
the info index because it was giving us trouble").

Ross