GNU bug report logs - #55778
29.0.50; [PATCH] M-. into a .gz; we've all been there.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: dick.r.chiang <at> gmail.com

Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2022 08:19:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: dick <dick.r.chiang <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 55778 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#55778: 29.0.50; [PATCH] M-. into a .gz; we've all been there.
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2022 20:29:52 +0300
> From: dick <dick.r.chiang <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: 55778 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2022 12:52:12 -0400
> 
> EZ> to make changes in this tricky code could be aware of all the
> 
> If by "tricky" you mean "written by a recent graduate", you may have a point.

I think you simply don't understand what that code does and why.  Your
mistake in initializing the installed-directory variable is a clear
evidence that you have a lot to learn about the various aspects of the
Emacs startup, before your conclusions about the code which supports
that could be taken seriously.




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