From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#587: 23.0.60; To source or not to source (from help) Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:02:36 +0200 Message-ID: <489D956C.4050207@gmail.com> References: <489C1757.3060504@gmx.at> <489C2956.1030202@gmail.com> <489C3628.3000807@gmx.at> <489C39F0.50805@gmail.com> <489D8F7E.5020601@gmx.at> <489D9146.6040809@gmail.com> <489D9461.5030409@gmx.at> Reply-To: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" , 587@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1218288486 18515 80.91.229.12 (9 Aug 2008 13:28:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 13:28:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 587@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 09 15:28:57 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KRoV5-0001Ue-2o for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:28:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51829 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KRoU9-0008Ug-A0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:27:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KRoTi-00088z-98 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:27:30 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KRoTf-00086x-Tn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:27:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=38712 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KRoTf-00086f-Mp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:27:27 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:57011) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KRoTf-00020R-4g for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:27:27 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m79DRNfi018262; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 06:27:24 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m79DA4Bw012554; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 06:10:04 -0700 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:10:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 587 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 587-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B587.121828697010035 (code B ref 587); Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:10:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 587) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 9 Aug 2008 13:02:50 +0000 Original-Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.212]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m79D2kDa010029 for <587@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 06:02:48 -0700 Original-Received: from c83-254-151-176.bredband.comhem.se ([83.254.151.176]:62007 helo=[127.0.0.1]) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1KRo5l-0003TT-3R; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:02:45 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071031 Thunderbird/2.0.0.9 Mnenhy/0.7.5.666 In-Reply-To: <489D9461.5030409@gmx.at> X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080808-0, 2008-08-08), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Originating-IP: 83.254.151.176 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1KRo5l-0003TT-3R. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1KRo5l-0003TT-3R 8e3bb4f31ac877ca4be7a754bf99e359 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:27:28 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:19194 Archived-At: martin rudalics wrote: > > I would suggest something like this: > > > > - A variable to decide where to go > > An option, I suppose. Yes. > > - Possibly there should be a separate variable for the src tree > > Rather not. > > > - If not possible to go there: > > * If no other choice then give an error > > * Otherwise ask user wether to go to the other place > > (checkout/install) > > I think asking the user is some kind of overkill, we should make this > part of the option - always go to build dir, always go to install dir, > prefer build dir, prefer install dir. Sounds good. > In any case we have to make sure > first that implementing such an option won't violate the feature freeze. Currently there is a bug to fix and I believe implementing this might be the best way to fix the bug.