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[bpt/emacs.git] / lisp / info.el

diff --git a/lisp/info.el b/lisp/info.el
index 8965b2c..b7e2d1e 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/info.el
+++ b/lisp/info.el
@@ -1166,6 +1166,10 @@ a case-insensitive match is tried."
                              (file-attributes file))
                       (progn (setq file (expand-file-name "DIR.INFO" truename))
                              (file-attributes file))
+                      ;; Shouldn't really happen, but sometimes does,
+                      ;; eg on Debian systems with buggy packages;
+                      ;; so may as well try it.
+                      ;; http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2012-03/msg00005.html
                       (progn (setq file (expand-file-name "dir.gz" truename))
                              (file-attributes file)))))
                (setq dirs-done