xemacs freezes when invoking info with gzipped info files

This bug report will be sent to the XEmacs Development Team, not to your local site managers!! Please write in English, because the XEmacs maintainers do not have translators to read other languages for them. Please describe as succinctly as possible: - What happened. - What you thought should have happened. - Precisely what you were doing at the time. Please also include any C or lisp back-traces that you may have. ================================================================ Dear Bug Team! I noticed that xemacs freezes when invoking info (M-x-info) being unable to gunzip bash.info.gz in /usr/share/info. Worked fine when invoked from the Help menu (as long as I didn't ask it to access the top node). After I gunzipped all the files in /usr/local/share/info it works alright. This did not happen with 21.5-b7! It happens both in the gt-version and the no-gtk version, so something has changed (it does not necessarly hang i=on the first gzipped file). I was wondering why xemacs does not make the gzipped format for info files standard? Yes, I know, standalone info does not work with gzipped files, but some of us old-timers still feel like wasting 20 MB o diskspace is a sin. ================================================================ System Info to help track down your bug: --------------------------------------- uname -a: Linux hbar 2.4.19 #2 Sat Aug 3 14:16:58 PDT 2002 i686 unknown configure '--ldflags=-s' '--pdump' '--with-gtk=no' '--with-gnome=no' '--error-checking=no' '--with-sound=esd,native' '--debug=no' XEmacs 21.5-b8 "broccoli" configured for `i686-pc-linux'. Compilation / Installation: Source code location: /reserve/xemacs-21.5.8 Installation prefix: /usr/local Operating system description file: `s/linux.h' Machine description file: `m/intel386.h' Compiler: gcc -g -O3 -Wall -Wno-switch -Winline -Wmissing-prototypes -Wsign-compare -Wshadow Relocating allocator for buffers: no GNU version of malloc: yes - Using Doug Lea's new malloc from the GNU C Library. Window System: Compiling in support for the X window system: - X Windows headers location: /usr/X11R6/include - X Windows libraries location: /usr/X11R6/lib - Handling WM_COMMAND properly. Using Lucid menubars. Using Lucid scrollbars. Using Motif dialog boxes. Using Motif native widgets. TTY: Compiling in support for ncurses. Compiling in support for GPM (General Purpose Mouse). Images: Compiling in support for GIF images (builtin). Compiling in support for XPM images. Compiling in support for PNG images. Compiling in support for JPEG images. Compiling in support for TIFF images. Sound: Compiling in support for sound (native). Compiling in support for ESD (Enlightened Sound Daemon). Databases: Compiling in support for Berkeley database. Compiling in support for LDAP. Internationalization: Mail: Compiling in support for "dot-locking" mail spool file locking method. Other Features: Inhibiting IPv6 canonicalization at startup. Compiling in support for dynamic shared object modules. Using the new portable dumper. Load-Path Lisp Shadows: ---------------------- (/usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/ps-print/ps-print /usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/ps-print-nomule/ps-print) Installed XEmacs Packages: ------------------------- ((zenirc:version 1.13 :type regular) (xslt-process :version 1.1 :type regular) (xslide :version 1.01 :type regular) (xemacs-devel :version 1.47 :type single-file) (xemacs-base :version 1.66 :type regular) (w3 :version 1.25 :type regular) (vm :version 7.07 :type regular) (viper :version 1.34 :type regular) (view-process :version 1.11 :type regular) (vhdl :version 1.15 :type regular) (vc-cc :version 1.21 :type regular) (vc :version 1.33 :type regular) (tramp :version 1.05 :type regular) (tpu :version 1.12 :type regular) (tooltalk :version 1.13 :type regular) (tm :version 1.34 :type regular) (time :version 1.11 :type regular) (textools :version 1.12 :type regular) (text-modes :version 1.48 :type single-file) (texinfo :version 1.2 :type regular) (supercite 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:version 1.41 :type regular) (edebug :version 1.14 :type regular) (dired :version 1.12 :type regular) (dictionary :version 1.11 :type regular) (debug :version 1.15 :type regular) (crisp :version 1.12 :type regular) (cookie :version 1.14 :type regular) (clearcase :version 1.04 :type regular) (cc-mode :version 1.28 :type regular) (calendar :version 1.18 :type regular) (calc :version 1.23 :type regular) (c-support :version 1.16 :type single-file) (build :version 1.06 :type regular) (bbdb :version 1.21 :type regular) (auctex :version 1.32 :type regular) (apel :version 1.25 :type regular)) Features: -------- (tmh-comp tm-edit signature tm-ew-e mail-utils mailcrypt comint ring xemacsbug shadow efs-cu info font disp-table avoid filladapt jka-compr cus-edit cus-load wid-edit recent-files gnuserv time tex-site header mh-comp tm-mh-e tm-bbdb bbdb-com mail-abbrevs sendmail rfc822 tm-partial tm-image images mule-sysdp tm-pgp tm-play tm-view tm-text tm-parse tm-ew-d tm-def mel std11 mh-utils mh-e mime-setup tm-setup tl-misc tl-str tl-atype atype tl-seq tl-list alist cless file-detect path-util emu invisible inv-xemacs mcharset mcs-ltn1 pcustom poem poem-ltn1 pces pces-xfc pces-20 broken poe-xemacs timer overlay poe pym static apel-ver product resume bbdb timezone bookmark pp saveplace blink-cursor paren blink-paren font-lock cus-face zenirc-autoloads xslt-process-autoloads xslide-autoloads xemacs-devel-autoloads xemacs-base-autoloads w3-autoloads vm-autoloads viper-autoloads view-process-autoloads vhdl-autoloads vc-cc-autoloads vc-autoloads tramp-autoloads tpu-autoloads tooltalk-autoloads tm-autoloads time-autoloads textools-autoloads text-modes-autoloads texinfo-autoloads supercite-autoloads strokes-autoloads speedbar-autoloads sounds-wav-autoloads sounds-au-autoloads slider-autoloads sieve-autoloads sh-script-autoloads sgml-autoloads semantic-autoloads scheme-autoloads rmail-autoloads reftex-autoloads psgml-autoloads ps-print-nomule-autoloads ps-print-autoloads prog-modes-autoloads pcomplete-autoloads pcl-cvs-autoloads pc-autoloads os-utils-autoloads net-utils-autoloads mmm-mode-autoloads misc-games-autoloads mine-autoloads mh-e-autoloads mew-autoloads mailcrypt-autoloads mail-lib-autoloads jde-autoloads ispell-autoloads ilisp-autoloads igrep-autoloads idlwave-autoloads ibuffer-autoloads hm--html-menus-autoloads gnus-autoloads gnats-autoloads games-autoloads fsf-compat-autoloads frame-icon-autoloads forms-autoloads footnote-autoloads eudc-autoloads eterm-autoloads eshell-autoloads emerge-autoloads elib-autoloads eieio-autoloads efs-autoloads edt-autoloads edit-utils-autoloads ediff-autoloads edebug-autoloads dired-autoloads dictionary-autoloads debug-autoloads crisp-autoloads cookie-autoloads clearcase-autoloads cc-mode-autoloads calendar-autoloads calc-autoloads c-support-autoloads build-autoloads bbdb-autoloads auctex-autoloads apel-autoloads src-autoloads loadhist rsz-minibuf auto-show fontl-hooks x-iso8859-1 code-cmds gutter-items menubar-items x-menubar mode-motion mouse behavior itimer auto-save lisp-mode easymenu iso8859-1 page buff-menu lib-complete cus-file derived env text-props frame obsolete cus-start custom widget cl-extra mini-cl cl cl-19 packages backquote very-early-lisp unicode lucid-scrollbars cut-buffer lucid-menubars motif-dialogs x c-balloon-help tty-frames tty toolbar esd-sound native-sound scrollbar unix-processes multicast network-streams subprocesses modules menu-accelerator-support menubar berkeley-db md5 xemacs gutter tiff png gif jpeg xpm xbm lisp-float-type file-coding linux dialog devices window-system base64) Recent keystrokes: ----------------- M-x i n f o RET misc-user Recent messages (most recent first): ----------------------------------- Type C-c C-x C-z to exit MIME mode, and type C-c C-x ? to get help. Loading mailcrypt...done Loading mailcrypt... Composing a message...done Wrote /home/hardy/Mail/drafts/1 Composing a message... Loading xemacsbug...done Loading xemacsbug... Composing main Info directory...done Rebuilding temporary /usr/local/lib/xemacs-21.5-b8/info/dir...done Rebuilding temporary /usr/local/lib/xemacs-21.5-b8/info/dir... Note: file is write protected Creating temporary dir in /usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/info/...done unzipping zenirc.info.gz...done unzipping zenirc.info.gz... unzipping xslt-process.info.gz...done unzipping xslt-process.info.gz... unzipping vm.info.gz...done unzipping vm.info.gz... unzipping viper.info.gz...done -- Hardy (Meinhard E. Mayer) Professor Emeritus of Physics and Mathematics Tel: (949) 759-3378 Fax: (734) 448-5140 URL: http://mitpress2.mit.edu/sicm/