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27.1; function exec-path is reported as introduced in 22.1

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Message #17 received at 42666 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: William Rankin <william <at> bydasein.com>
Cc: 42666 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42666: 27.1; function exec-path is reported as introduced
 in 22.1
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2021 15:14:21 +0200

William Rankin <william <at> bydasein.com> writes:

> The describe-function output for function exec-path, introduced in 27.1,
> reports the function as introduced at or before Emacs version 22.1 when
> actually introduced in 27.1.

Well, it says "probably".  It's just guessing, and those will be wrong
sometimes.

> I'm not sure there's much that can be done about this since
> help-fns--first-release is finding the variable exec-path mentioned in
> an entry regarding movemail in NEWS.22.

I don't think the guesswork here can be improved much, so I'm closing
this bug report.

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