info 5.2-3 does not handle %UNIXROOT% correctly

[Lewis Rosenthal]

After upgrading or installing info 5.2-3, info info fails with:

SYS0003: The system cannot find the path specified. "N:\@unixroot\usr\share\info\info.info.gz"

Setting INFOPATH to something explicit works around this issue, replacing the default path.

In this case, %UNIXROOT% is N:.

Downgrading to info 5.2-2 resolves the problem as well.

[Silvan Scherrer]

sorry that's not reproducible here. info info works like a charm. So i suspect a config issue from your bootstrap.

what happens if you upgrade again after to downgraded?

[Lewis Rosenthal]

I can reproduce the issue every time I upgrade, and correct every time I downgrade.

I started with a clean bootstrap from 2017-09, which included 5.2-2. This was working. I then upgraded to 5.2-3, and the problem presented itself.

I'll try starting from the same bootstrap and reinstalling all packages before upgrade.

[Lewis Rosenthal]

Reinstalling all packages from the 2017-06 bootstrap, one interesting thing I see while reinstalling grep 2.28-1 is:

SYS0003: The system cannot find the path specified. "N:\@unixroot\usr\share\info\grep.info.gz"

Subsequent attempts to reinstall grep report the same issue.

Missing environment variables due to ​https://mantis.arcanoae.com/view.php?id=747 :

SET SHELL=N:/usr/bin/sh.exe
SET EMXSHELL=N:/usr/bin/sh.exe
SET CONFIG_SHELL=N:/usr/bin/sh.exe
SET MAKESHELL=N:/usr/bin/sh.exe
SET EXECSHELL=N:/usr/bin/sh.exe

gzip is also not installed with this older bootstrap (reinstalling grep after setting the above warns of missing gzip).

Confirmed.

After setting the above and adding gzip, updating info to 5.2-3 works as expected. Sorry for the extra noise, Silvan, and thanks for providing a useful comparison.

[Silvan Scherrer]

no problem we are here to serve :)