Subject: Re: bug#76855: etags-regen-mode: Universal ctags bug

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2025 13:17:45 +0200

> From: Ben Scuron <[email-masked]>
> Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2025 22:29:36 -0500
> 
> When using `etags-regen-mode` with Universal Ctags, I receive the following error message when appending
> to the TAGS file: `ctags: -o option may not follow a file name`.
> 
> NOTE: This error only occurs when appending to the TAGS file, not when initially generating the file.
> 
> The attached patch file fixed the error for me. I tested the patch using both `etags` and Universal `ctags`.

Thanks.

Dmitry, any reasons not to install this on the emacs-30 release
branch?