On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 12:12 AM <to...@tuxteam.de> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 11:42:43PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > On Mon 14 Oct 2019 at 21:06:21 (-0700), Dan Hitt wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm using debian 9 (stretch). > > > > > > I would like to install the info node for elisp (in emacs). > > > > > > I went to packages.debian.org to search for elisp in stretch. There > are > > > six results but none of them look like they contain info documentation. > > [...] > > > Perhaps you're looking for emacs-common-non-dfsg which is in non-free > > (for licensing reasons I believe). >
Thanks David! For me, the package was emacs24-common-non-dfsg, and i see that i'm now in oldstable, not just stable. > > Yes. There is a conflict between how Debian defines "free" (DFSG) and > how GNU wants to license their "free" documentation (GFDL). Possibly > best summarized here [1] > > Freedom is a complex beast, alas. > Thanks Tomás for the explanation and link. I will keep my oar out of the water about the complex beast, but since i'm in oldstable, does that mean i need to upgrade before too long? (I've been using debian 9 since February 2017.) Anyhow, thanks David and Tomás for your help. dan > [1] https://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_001 > > Cheers > -- tomás >
