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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: |
Thu, 23 Jan 2020 20:24:42 +0200 |
> Cc: stefan@marxist.se, michael.albinus@gmx.de, rgm@gnu.org,
> 37527@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
> Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 09:42:10 -0800
>
> On 1/23/20 6:23 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > if Emacs was installed with the
> > sources, but the original source tree where it was built still exists,
> > where will source-directory point after your changes?
>
> It'll point to the original source tree if you're running Emacs out of
> the build directory. If you're running Emacs out of the installed
> directory, it will point to the installed source tree.
In that case, I will repeat my suggestion to have a separate variable
for the installed sources, because otherwise we are making an
incompatible behavior change.
> > Let's consider builds
> > that aren't meant to be reproducible.
>
> Although we can do that, generally speaking it's better when there's no
> difference between reproducible and irreproducible builds, as that's one
> less thing to worry about when maintaining and debugging.
All the rest being equal, yes. But all the rest is not equal in this
case, because your proposal changes a long-standing behavior in a very
reasonable use case.
- 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, 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, 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 <=
- 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
- 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
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Michael Albinus, 2020/01/26
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Paul Eggert, 2020/01/27
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/27
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Michael Albinus, 2020/01/26