GNU bug report logs - #36828
27.0.50; Uninstalled emacs shows installed documentation

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es>

Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 15:08:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 27.0.50

Done: Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #135 received at 36828 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 36828 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stepnem <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#36828: 27.0.50; Uninstalled emacs shows installed
 documentation
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 21:21:21 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> Checking for the presence of the "Makefile" file using the same method
>> we use for "NEWS".
>
> Presence where?

In installation-directory (provided that it is not nil).

> Anyway, Makefile is too common a file, I think we should look for
> something more specific to Emacs.

We have plenty to choose (lib-src/emacsclient, for instance) but IMO if
Makefile exists in installation-directory that's a sure sign.
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