GNU bug report logs - #12911
24.3.50; let users decide where (& perhaps whether) `emacs_backtrace.txt' files are written

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 12911 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: bug#12911: 24.3.50; let users decide where (& perhaps whether) `emacs_backtrace.txt'	files are written
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:52:49 +0200

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: drew.adams <at> oracle.com,  12911 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:07:25 -0500
> 
> >> No need to change anything on platforms where stderr works.
> > stderr works on Windows as well.  See the code I wrote.
> 
> If stderr works, then why do we need emacs_backtrace.txt?

For when the stuff written to stderr ends up in the Great Void, or
scrolls off the screen, or whatever.

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