GNU bug report logs - #587
23.0.60; To source or not to source (from help)

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Reported by: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:40:05 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 671, 672, 673, 674

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 587 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#587: 23.0.60; To source or not to source (from help)
Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:02:36 +0200
martin rudalics wrote:
>  > I would suggest something like this:
>  >
>  > - A variable to decide where to go
> 
> An option, I suppose.

Yes.

>  > - Possibly there should be a separate variable for the src tree
> 
> Rather not.
> 
>  > - If not possible to go there:
>  >   * If no other choice then give an error
>  >   * Otherwise ask user wether to go to the other place
>  >     (checkout/install)
> 
> I think asking the user is some kind of overkill, we should make this
> part of the option - always go to build dir, always go to install dir,
> prefer build dir, prefer install dir.

Sounds good.

> In any case we have to make sure
> first that implementing such an option won't violate the feature freeze.

Currently there is a bug to fix and I believe implementing this might be 
the best way to fix the bug.




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