GNU bug report logs - #60006
28.2; C-h f reports wrong version

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ikumi Keita <ikumi <at> ikumi.que.jp>

Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 13:43:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 28.2

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 60006 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ikumi Keita <ikumi <at> ikumi.que.jp>
Cc: 60006 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#60006: 28.2; C-h f reports wrong version
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 17:10:21 +0200

> From: Ikumi Keita <ikumi <at> ikumi.que.jp>
> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 22:42:32 +0900
> 
> C-h f reports wrong version when `always' was introduced.
> 
> [How to reproduce]
> 1. emacs-28.2 -Q
> 2. Type C-h f always RET
> 3. Then *Help* buffer says:
>   Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 1.1.

That's why it says "Probably".  The method of finding out the first
release where the symbol appeared is a heuristic, and it can sometimes
fail in ridiculous ways.
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