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

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Message #8 received at 36828 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es>
Cc: 36828 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36828: 27.0.50;
 Uninstalled emacs shows installed documentation
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 18:30:00 +0300

> From: Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es>
> Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 17:07:20 +0200
> 
> src/emacs -Q
> 
> C-h N
> 
> M-: (buffer-file-name)
> 
> "/usr/local/share/emacs/27.0.50/etc/NEWS"
> 
> Maybe this is caused because, time ago, I installed Emacs from the build
> directory, but since I pulled new changes and rebuilt Emacs. So now
> emacs instances launched from the build directory are showing stalled
> documentation.

Emacs tries the installation directory first, and only falls back to
the build directory if the installation directory doesn't exist.

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