GNU bug report logs - #37527
[PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 20:09:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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Message #17 received at 37527 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, 37527 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 10:48:39 +0200
On Sep 27 2019, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

>> Cc: 37527 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
>> Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 23:24:13 -0700
>> 
>> > 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?

The sources are also part of the emacs-debugsource packages.

Andreas.

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