[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #43526] doc command to octave fails to find /usr/share/info/octave.info.bz2

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                 Summary: doc command to octave fails to find
/usr/share/info/octave.info.bz2
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Tue 04 Nov 2014 14:18:41 UTC
                Category: Documentation
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Ted Marston
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 3.8.2
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

scripts/help/doc.m does not look for a bzip2 compressed info file.
for example, giving the octave interpreter the command "doc" fails to find the
info file /usr/share/info/octave.info.bz2.

a simple fix is:

*** scripts/help/doc.m.Orig     Wed Aug  6 18:57:55 2014
--- scripts/help/doc.m  Tue Nov  4 13:31:21 2014
***************
*** 81,87 ****
          info_file_name = info_file ();
  
          if (! exist (info_file_name, "file")
!             && ! exist ([info_file_name ".gz"], "file"))
            __gripe_missing_component__ ("doc", "info-file");
          endif
        endif
--- 81,88 ----
          info_file_name = info_file ();
  
          if (! exist (info_file_name, "file")
!             && ! exist ([info_file_name ".gz"], "file")
!             && ! exist ([info_file_name ".bz2"], "file"))
            __gripe_missing_component__ ("doc", "info-file");
          endif
        endif






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