Subject: Re: bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help

From: Michael Albinus <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 10:58:11 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:

>> > It prompts for the source directory, doesn't it?
>>
>> Yes, but that's not really a solution. I may not have a copy of the correct
>> version of the source directory on my system, and it may take me some time to
>> figure out where to get it.
>
> I thought major distros offered a source archive as well, as an
> optional download, don't they?

They do. But we must document at least, how to make the source tree
visible for debug.