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[PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help

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Message #20 received at 37527 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
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 10:58:11 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> 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.

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