From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Bootstrap deleted DOC-nnn file Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 20:16:33 +0300 Message-ID: <83sj1ta13i.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83vc6rb31c.fsf@gnu.org> <87vc6qdxfe.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1368292626 26137 80.91.229.3 (11 May 2013 17:17:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 17:17:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: stephen@xemacs.org, yandros@MIT.EDU, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 11 19:17:04 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1UbDPr-0007WG-AM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 May 2013 19:17:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47195 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UbDPq-0005TJ-S3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 May 2013 13:17:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:33819) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UbDPn-0005Sy-DK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 May 2013 13:17:00 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UbDPl-0007bf-RL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 May 2013 13:16:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:61160) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UbDPl-0007bH-J4; Sat, 11 May 2013 13:16:57 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MMN002009AE5A00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Sat, 11 May 2013 20:16:52 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MMN001X69BZDOG0@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Sat, 11 May 2013 20:16:47 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 X-Received-From: 80.179.55.172 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:159512 Archived-At: > Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 12:49:00 -0400 > From: Richard Stallman > > Another use of not deleting the old executables and DOC files > is that I would be able to tell, roughly, when I got the sources > last. That might help me track down the mysterious bug > that converts multibyte characters to unibyte characters as I edit. > > Right now I have no idea how long ago I had previously recompiled, > whether it was a few weeks ago or a few months ago. Doesn't "M-x emacs-version RET" tells you that? It includes the build date.