GNU bug report logs - #76322
Make ctags a thin wrapper around etags

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 05:22:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 76322 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#76322: Make ctags a thin wrapper around etags
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 00:26:02 -0800

On 2025-02-15 23:12, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> So building Emacs on Windows and DOS will still need
> to compile the same source twice,

How about if we compile a little .exe file that merely execs etags with 
the --ctags option? That would be the equivalent of the script.
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