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27.0.50; Uninstalled emacs shows installed documentation

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es>
Cc: 36828 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stepnem <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#36828: 27.0.50; Uninstalled emacs shows installed documentation
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 22:38:04 +0200

> From: Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es>
> Cc: stepnem <at> gmail.com,  36828 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 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.

If it is not nil, and the test of equality between srcdir and
invocation-directory fails, then you already know that you are running
uninstalled, but outside of the src directory.  Right?  Then you don't
need looking for Makefile or anything else, right?

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