Subject: bug#22984: 25.0.92; Typo in etc/DEBUG

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 20:39:39 +0200

> From: [email-masked] (N. Jackson)
> Cc: [email-masked]
> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:30:29 -0400
> 
>     This will suggest the default binary to debug; if you are going to
>     start a new Emacs process, change it as needed to point to the
>     correct binary.
> 
> I think the full meaning of this sentence only becomes clear after one
> reads the following sentence:
> 
>     Alternatively, if you want to attach the debugger to an already
>     running Emacs process...
> 
> The problems with the first sentence are "you", "new", and "it". Perhaps
> it could be made slightly clearer?
> 
> Perhaps something along the lines of:
> 
>     This will suggest the default binary for GDB to start; if you want
>     GDB to start a different binary, change the suggestion as needed.
>     Alternatively, if you want to attach GDB to an already running Emacs
>     process...

No, this is a false dichotomy.  The real issue here is that, when you
invoke GDB like that, the default binary it suggests is not emacs,
it's something else.  Try it, and you will see.