GNU bug report logs - #18840
24.4; nt/README.W32: obsolete snippet

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 09:48:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.4

Done: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 18840 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 18840 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18840: 24.4; nt/README.W32: obsolete snippet
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 19:17:10 +0200
> Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 17:49:39 +0100
> From: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: 18840 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> -  Along with this file should be four subdirectories (bin, libexec,
> -  share, and var).
> +  The binary distribution has these top-level directories:
> +
> +  + bin: <explain briefly its contents>
> +
> +  + libexec: <explain briefly its contents>
> +
> +  + share: <explain briefly its contents>
> +
> +  + var: <explain briefly its contents>

This is OK (and I don't think we must describe the contents of each
subdirectory, but I will certainly not object to it).

>  * Setting up Emacs
> 
> -  To install Emacs, simply unpack all the files into a directory of
> +  To install Emacs, simply unpack the top-level directories into a directory of
>    your choice.

None of this is accurate.  Instead, we should say

  To install Emacs, simply unpack the binary zip into a directory of
  your choice.

Thanks.




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