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[PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help

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Message #68 received at 37527 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>,
 37527 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2019 18:32:36 -0400

Paul Eggert wrote:

> I hope this email helps to explain further why patching INSTALL is
> merely a stopgap, and why we need a better solution in the next Emacs
> release.

IMO if you need to debug Emacs outside the lisp level, you should build
it and do so from the source directory. I see no need to start
distributing the C source in installations. If any serious debugging is
needed, people are usually advised to use unoptimized builds anyway.

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