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

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: ofv <at> wanadoo.es, 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 23:09:51 -0400

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  > > Once we know that we are running a non-installed emacs, detecting that
  > > it is an out-of-source build seems quite easy, because the build
  > > directory contains build artifacts without the sources.

  > Yes.  But how to detect that we are running non-installed?

I think the variable 'installation-directory' should give the answer.

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