From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12911: 24.3.50; let users decide where (& perhaps whether) `emacs_backtrace.txt' files are written Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:27:47 +0200 Message-ID: <83txskw870.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83wqxk3d1z.fsf@gnu.org> <83y5hyxnb1.fsf@gnu.org> <83wqxhy4ha.fsf@gnu.org> <83fw45xxzk.fsf@gnu.org> <83ehjpxwqd.fsf@gnu.org> <838v9xxss8.fsf@gnu.org> <83zk2dvsba.fsf@gnu.org> <50AB0EDE.40109@dancol.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1353428944 22513 80.91.229.3 (20 Nov 2012 16:29:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:29:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12911@debbugs.gnu.org To: Andy Moreton Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 20 17:29:15 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TaqhC-0002b1-Mj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:29:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33775 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Taqh2-0001QX-DE for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:29:00 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:50632) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Taqgz-0001QA-KO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:28:58 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Taqgv-0003KA-2w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:28:57 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:46822) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Taqgu-0003K5-W8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:28:53 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Taqi2-0004bu-6w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:30:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:30:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12911 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: wontfix Original-Received: via spool by 12911-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12911.135342899717691 (code B ref 12911); Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:30:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12911) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Nov 2012 16:29:57 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57073 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Taqhw-0004bI-JH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:29:56 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:39816) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Taqht-0004b8-Ip for 12911@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:29:54 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MDS00700OCW5C00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for 12911@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:28:07 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MDS006TDOEVJTC0@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:28:07 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:67208 Archived-At: > From: Andy Moreton > Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:16:18 +0000 > > Given that the backtrace does not include symbols, it seems fairly > useless to me. I'd vote for getting rid of it on all platforms. I'd be the last to defend the feature, but out of fairness: symbolic information (i.e. file names and source line numbers) are one command away. See the manual for details.