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[PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help
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Message #107 received at 37527 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
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On 1/20/20 11:12 AM, Stefan Kangas wrote:
> What is the status of this, given that the emacs-27 is now cut?
Thanks for reminding me of this problem. The stuff in INSTALL is not quite right
- at least, it didn't work for me in Ubuntu 18.04.3 (which is Debian based) due
to some problem in my sources.list (which I hadn't messed with, so I guess
Ubuntu must differ from Debian here). In contrast, INSTALL is overly complicated
for Fedora 31 since it gives a bunch of confusing instructions for sources and
debuginfo whereas all I needed to do was 'dnf debuginfo-install emacs' to get
all that stuff done.
More generally, even if we fix these INSTALL problems, INSTALL won't work for
other GNU/Linux distributions, or for non-GNU distributions for that matter. Nor
will it work when people install Emacs themselves. And the INSTALL instructions
will continue to be complicated and awkward, and will likely need to be
maintained as Debian and Red Hat evolve.
So we still need something better. I rebased and tweaked the proposed patch
(including a revamp of the INSTALL section to try to address some of the
abovementioned problems) and am attaching the updated version.
[0001-Install-C-source-code-for-C-h-f-etc.txt (text/plain, attachment)]
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