GNU bug report logs - #53627
29.0.50; Incorrect installation instructions

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: worik <root <at> worik.org>

Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2022 21:40:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 29.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 53627 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: worik <root <at> worik.org>
Cc: "H. Dieter Wilhelm" <dieter <at> duenenhof-wilhelm.de>, 53627 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#53627: 29.0.50; Incorrect installation instructions
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2022 09:50:05 +0800

worik <root <at> worik.org> writes:

> Having incorrect installation instructions in a file labeld INSTALL
> and repeating them in a file named README  is a bug.

INSTALL and README are intended for the vast majority of people who
download the release off ftp.gnu.org (or alpha.gnu.org for pretests.)

The instructions for installing from the repository are in INSTALL.REPO.
This is not a bug.
This bug report was last modified 3 years and 115 days ago.

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