"describe" broken in 5.23.2



Stefano:

I just tried the following in Xmaxima:

describe(integrate);
?? integrate;

and I got the full output describing the function.

Here's the output from build_info()  (but I'm actually running PCLinuxOS 
derived from mandriva)
Maxima version: 5.23.2
Maxima build date: 21:3 1/21/2011
Host type: i586-mandriva-linux-gnu
Lisp implementation type: GNU Common Lisp (GCL)
Lisp implementation version: GCL 2.6.8

Paul Bowyer

On 01/23/2011 01:13 PM, Stefano Ferri wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> I've just downloaded Maxima 5.23.2 for Windows, and I've notice d that 
> the useful command "describe" is broken.
> Here's what I get:
>
> (%i1) describe(integrate);
> WARNING: Empty documentation index. Describe command will not work!
>   No exact match found for topic `integrate'.
>   Try `?? integrate' (inexact match) instead.
>
> (%o1)  false
>
>
> I still have't tryed the linux version. This is a really annoying 
> issue... The command ?? is broken, too.
>
> Stefano
>
>
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