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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org, markd@Grizzly.COM,
        max@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/1699
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>Synopsis: Missing GNU info files
>
>State-Changed-From-To: open-closed
>State-Changed-By: max
>State-Changed-When: Fri Oct 25 06:42:45 PDT 1996
>State-Changed-Why: 
>If the installation is performed properly, these files get installed
>into /usr/share/info.

This is actually a release bug.  IIRC, the files are missing in
/usr/share/info on the filesystem image cdrom although their sources
are present.