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: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
Cc: 76322 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eliz <at> gnu.org, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu
Subject: bug#76322: Make ctags a thin wrapper around etags
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 00:26:58 -0400

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  >  From what I'm reading, a lot of distros have replaced their 'ctags' 
  > package with universal-ctags:

  > https://repology.org/project/universal-ctags/versions

Can you summarize the important differences between this and our ctags?

Can you summarize the important differences between this and etags?

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