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DOC problem with out-of-tree builds; maybe Cygwin specific

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Message #34 received at 7127 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: "7127 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <7127 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#7127: 23.2; M-x help throws an error
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:15:03 -0400

On 9/29/2010 8:35 PM, Glenn Morris wrote:
> Ken Brown wrote:
>
>> That's the first thing I tried, but emacs wouldn't compile because of
>> an undefined reference in src/sysdep.c.  So I patched that.  Then
>> emacs wouldn't compile because of an undefined reference in
>> src/vm-limit.c. That's when I decided that it might not be worth the
>> trouble to put more time into this.  I'd also be a little worried
>> about what side-effects might result from selectively backporting
>> changes to the build system.
>
> True; but if the documentation of many (?) functions is missing, that
> seems like a problem serious enough to try to fix it for the future
> Emacs 23.3.

OK, I'll look harder.

> Did 23.1 have the same problem?

No, it doesn't.  So that changes things completely.  I guess I have to 
try a bisection to find the revision between 23.1 and 23.2 where the bug 
first appears.  It may be a little while before I have time to do this.

Ken

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