From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7127: 23.2; M-x help throws an error Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:35:59 -0400 Message-ID: References: <19618.29737.497771.713881@parhasard.net> <4i7hi5a1po.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <19618.59394.954066.964412@parhasard.net> <4CA338F1.1080402@cornell.edu> <4CA37093.6040304@cornell.edu> <4CA38C71.3040906@cornell.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1285807297 24831 80.91.229.12 (30 Sep 2010 00:41:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:41:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7127@debbugs.gnu.org To: Ken Brown Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 30 02:41:34 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P17DK-00053X-1y for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Sep 2010 02:41:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58424 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P17DJ-0003hx-53 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:41:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=44792 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P17DB-0003hm-OD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:41:28 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P17DA-0007t8-He for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:41:25 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:37226) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P17DA-0007t3-CI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:41:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P1762-0002SH-F8; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:34:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <19618.29737.497771.713881@parhasard.net> Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:34:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7127 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7127-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7127.12858067879427 (code B ref 7127); Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:34:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7127) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Sep 2010 00:33:07 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P1759-0002S0-27 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:33:07 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P1757-0002Re-BT for 7127@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:33:05 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P177v-00005P-5x; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:35:59 -0400 X-Spook: Rumsfeld Firewalls kilderkin S Box Elvis bullion Centro X-Ran: bikZ1GV1dYd&R.nD7?[+g5LG|1=.Xgh\l%:%0l X-Hue: blue X-Attribution: GM User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:34:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , 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:40559 Archived-At: Ken Brown wrote: > That's the first thing I tried, but emacs wouldn't compile because of > an undefined reference in src/sysdep.c. So I patched that. Then > emacs wouldn't compile because of an undefined reference in > src/vm-limit.c. That's when I decided that it might not be worth the > trouble to put more time into this. I'd also be a little worried > about what side-effects might result from selectively backporting > changes to the build system. True; but if the documentation of many (?) functions is missing, that seems like a problem serious enough to try to fix it for the future Emacs 23.3. Of course, I can say that because it won't be me trying to fix it. :) Did 23.1 have the same problem?