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etc/DEBUG clarification
From: |
Nick Roberts |
Subject: |
etc/DEBUG clarification |
Date: |
Fri, 4 Feb 2005 12:18:00 +1300 |
> etc/DEBUG claims
>
> > ** When you debug Emacs with GDB, you should start it in the directory
> > where you built Emacs. That directory has a .gdbinit file that defines
> > various "user-defined" commands for debugging Emacs.
>
> you (well I do) actually build emacs in the top level of the tree, this
> statement refers to the src directory one level down (where the executable
> was built).
>
> I think it should say the src directory containing the emacs executable.
No, I think this sentence is alright. The directory containing the emacs
executable *is* the directory where you built Emacs, by definition. It just
happens that the make command is invoked from the directory above.
Nick