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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Thomas Klausner <tk <at> giga.or.at>

Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2021 07:08:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: moreinfo

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #55 received at 51234 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 51234 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, tk <at> giga.or.at
Subject: Re: bug#51234: emacs.pdmp file name (--fingerprint)
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 14:09:18 -0400
Andreas Schwab wrote:

> On Okt 18 2021, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
>> Me, I wonder how will those distros cope with the *.eln files, which
>> also include hashes that aren't known in advance.
>
> Packagers like RPM can cope with that by using wildcards.  They can also
> generate file lists on the fly.

I feel like +1'ing this.
Plus they also warn if there are installed but unpackaged files, so
there isn't really a pressing need to announce/document the name change.
I see no need to add an option to revert to "emacs.pdmp".

>>> I've changed the package to rename the emacs-*.pdmp file to emacs.pdmp.

A mistake IMO.




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