GNU bug report logs - #23400
Emacs 25.0.92.1: etags fails to handle file format generated by Exuberant Ctags 5.8 in etags emulation mode

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Robert Weiner <rswgnu <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 23400 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23400: Emacs 25.0.92.1: etags fails to handle file format
 generated by Exuberant Ctags 5.8 in etags emulation mode
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2020 15:30:52 +0200

Robert Weiner <rswgnu <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Exuberant Ctags allows one to generate what is said to be an etags
> compatible TAGS file.  However, a call to list-tags fails on such a
> file because it includes 2 lines of file names per file rather than
> one.

Apparently brew still includes the 5.8 version of this ctags program, so
it fixes a real problem.  Dmitry objected to the patch because
supporting this ctags project holds back progress for humanity, which is
true, but since it fixes a problem seen in the wild, I applied it
anyway.

If anybody objects, feel free to revert.

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(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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