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Re: Bootstrap deleted DOC-nnn file
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: Bootstrap deleted DOC-nnn file |
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Fri, 10 May 2013 12:24:47 +0300 |
> Date: Thu, 09 May 2013 20:22:27 -0400
> From: Richard Stallman <address@hidden>
>
> I did a bootstrap, and it deleted the existing DOC-nnn file
> that was used by the running Emacs. As a result, that Emacs
> had no access to documentation of dumped functions.
>
> Because DOC-nnn files are numbered with versions, and each
> time Emacs is dumped it gets a new number, there is no need
> to delete the preexisting ones. Why not leave them alone?
But "make bootstrap" also deletes all the emacs-nnn executables,
doesn't it? If so, there's no point in keeping their DOC files.
Re: Bootstrap deleted DOC-nnn file, Richard Stallman, 2013/05/10