* src/doc.c (get_doc_string): Don't signal an error if the file is missing.

* lisp/help-fns.el (describe-variable, describe-function-1):
* lisp/help-mode.el (help-make-xrefs): Remove error handler, made unneeded.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/doc.c b/src/doc.c
index d2d664df266..9ead1addfba 100644
--- a/src/doc.c
+++ b/src/doc.c
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ get_doc_string (Lisp_Object filepos, bool unibyte, bool definition)
         }
 #endif
       if (fd < 0)
-        error ("Cannot open doc string file \"%s\"", name);
+        return concat3 (build_string ("Cannot open doc string file \""),
+                        file, build_string ("\"\n"));
     }
 
   /* Seek only to beginning of disk block.  */