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bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help |
Date: |
Tue, 21 Jan 2020 20:04:53 +0200 |
> Cc: stefan@marxist.se, michael.albinus@gmx.de, rgm@gnu.org,
> 37527@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 09:48:39 -0800
>
> On 1/21/20 9:02 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Should we really step on source-directory like that? What if
> > the original source tree still exists?
>
> Those assignments occur when you're running out of a just-built Emacs, and
> the
> intent is that they set source-directory to the original source tree. They're
> helpful in a typical just-built case when you haven't installed yet; if we
> omitted the assignments, C-h f etc. wouldn't find the source code
> automatically.
>
> > Maybe it would be safer to
> > introduce a new variable, say, install-source-directory?
>
> I don't offhand see why that'd be safer. It would be more complicated, and
> the
> complexity would make it less safe.
Sorry, I'm probably confused. I thought your patch sets
source-directory to point to where the compressed sources will be
installed, is that not what it does? If I misunderstood, just ignore
that comment.
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Stefan Kangas, 2020/01/20
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Paul Eggert, 2020/01/21
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/21
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Paul Eggert, 2020/01/21
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Paul Eggert, 2020/01/21
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/21
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Paul Eggert, 2020/01/23
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/23
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Paul Eggert, 2020/01/23
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/23
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Paul Eggert, 2020/01/24
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/25
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Paul Eggert, 2020/01/26
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/26