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[PATCH 2/2] Improve instructions how set path to C source code for Red Hat

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Message #24 received at 72466-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 72466-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#72466: [PATCH 2/2] Improve instructions how set path to C
 source code for Red Hat
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 05:49:04 +0000

Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de> writes:

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>>> Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2024 16:17:25 +0300
>>> From:  Björn Bidar via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>>>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
>>>
>>> * etc/PROBLEMS(Problems when reading or debugging Emacs C code):
>>> Improve instruction how to set path to C source code for Red Hat
>>> based systems.
>>> ---
>>>  etc/PROBLEMS | 2 +-
>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS
>>> index ef205da2c17..a642ebce570 100644
>>> --- a/etc/PROBLEMS
>>> +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS
>>> @@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ To get describe-function and similar commands to work, you can then
>>>  add something like the following to your startup file:
>>>
>>>       (setq find-function-C-source-directory
>>> -           "/usr/src/debug/emacs-27.1-1.fc31.x86_64/src/")
>>> +          (car (file-expand-wildcards "/usr/src/debug/emacs-*/src")))
>>
>> Thanks, but I'd rather not confuse users with Lisp, and neither would
>> I assume that the first directory in the wildcard expansion will
>> necessarily be the one belonging to the running Emacs.
>
> There's only one Emacs package in Fedora as well as in (open)SUSE
> the source expanded in that wildcard is to 99% the one that the user
> runs, especially for user that would be confused with lisp.
>
>> What exactly is wrong with the text as written?  It explains where did
>> 27.1 came from:
>>
>>   Once you have installed the source package, for example at
>>   /home/myself/deb-src/emacs-27.1, add the following line to your
>>   startup file:        ^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>> If you think 27.1 is too old, we could change that to 30 or something.
>> But other than that, I think the text is fine as it is.
>
> I don't have a problem with 27.1 I just thought there would be a more
> streamlined way of setting the patch to the C source code rather than
> one that the user to update to each time they update.

I agree with Eli that the current text is fine, and I see that another
patch was installed here.  So I'm closing this bug report now.

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