Opened 9 days ago

Last modified 3 days ago

#421 new defect

>doc>privileged should be included in default "info" search paths. — at Version 1

Reported by: Gary Dixon Owned by: Eric Swenson
Priority: major Milestone: MR12.9
Component: Documentation Version: MR12.8
Keywords: Cc:

Description (last modified by Gary Dixon)

Because the default linker search paths include a broad set of Multics software, tools, commands, and administrative programs and scripts, there seems to be a general consensus that >doc>privileged (which documents many of the programs in the >tools directory) should be included in the default "info" search paths. The current default linker search paths are shown below.

psp linker
linker
        -initiated_segments
        -referencing_dir
        -working_dir
        system_library_standard
        system_library_unbundled
        system_library_1
        system_library_tools
        system_library_network
        system_library_auth_maint

The current default info search paths are shown below.

psp info
info
      >doc>iml_info
      >doc>info
      >doc>aml_info

I recommend adding >doc>privileged after >doc>info in the default info search paths shown above.

One could argue that since >standard_library_network is included in the default linker search paths, its info segment directory should also be included in the default info search paths: >doc>net

I am not sure there is general consensus on this point, however.

Change History (1)

comment:1 by Gary Dixon, 9 days ago

Description: modified (diff)

The consensus on functioning and support of the network library having been reached, I also suggest that the network library be added to the default info search paths. The order of paths would be:

psp info
info
      >doc>iml_info
      >doc>info
      >doc>privileged
      >doc>network
      >doc>aml_info
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