GNU bug report logs - #51234
emacs.pdmp file name (--fingerprint)

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Message #46 received at 51234 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 51234 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Thomas Klausner <tk <at> giga.or.at>
Subject: Re: bug#51234: emacs.pdmp file name (--fingerprint)
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 15:13:53 +0200

Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com> writes:

>     Lars> Yes, but it should be documented forever -- people will be wondering
>     Lars> later, too.
>
> (info "(elisp) Building Emacs")

Yes, I guess...

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

> Me, I wonder how will those distros code with the *.eln files, which
> also include hashes that aren't known in advance.  Solving the issue
> with the pdumper file will still leave this other one, with many more
> files.
>
> So perhaps the distros will just have to adapt?

That's a good point.  So perhaps we shouldn't document how to get to a
known-name setup, because that won't work for nativecomp?

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