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#22306: 24.5; Unhide --no-line-directive Documentation Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2016 21:51:18 +0200 Message-ID: <83vb72mszt.fsf@gnu.org> References: <4800524ec80e46f5845c868a713dbbc0@mspexmb1.Beer.Town> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1452369144 21584 80.91.229.3 (9 Jan 2016 19:52:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 19:52:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 22306@debbugs.gnu.org To: James Muchow , Francesco =?UTF-8?Q?Potort=C3=AC?= Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 09 20:52:12 2016 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 1aHzYY-00078u-AU for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2016 20:52:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42607 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aHzYX-0004DA-MN for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2016 14:52:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60392) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aHzYT-0004C7-VL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2016 14:52:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aHzYQ-0002EJ-Q7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2016 14:52:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:56426) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aHzYQ-0002ED-Mg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2016 14:52:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aHzYQ-0008MN-Fs for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2016 14:52:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2016 19:52:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 22306 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 22306-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B22306.145236909832099 (code B ref 22306); Sat, 09 Jan 2016 19:52:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 22306) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Jan 2016 19:51:38 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44646 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aHzY2-0008Lf-BT for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2016 14:51:38 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:41060) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aHzY0-0008LS-Hm for 22306@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2016 14:51:36 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aHzXs-0002AN-0s for 22306@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2016 14:51:31 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:42011) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aHzXj-000292-Bo; Sat, 09 Jan 2016 14:51:19 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2688 helo=HOME-C4E4A596F7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aHzXi-0004t1-Fh; Sat, 09 Jan 2016 14:51:18 -0500 In-reply-to: <4800524ec80e46f5845c868a713dbbc0@mspexmb1.Beer.Town> (message from James Muchow on Mon, 4 Jan 2016 19:41:28 +0000) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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:111440 Archived-At: > From: James Muchow > Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 19:41:28 +0000 > > In trying to create a TAGS file, etags would process the > #line directive in various source files and produce TAGS > files that were unusable because the "file name" included > would be unavailable causing the tags-search to exit before > having seen all files. > > I spent a lot of time coming up with a solution to avoid > any files that contained a line directive when the solution > I really needed was already present: --no-line-directive. > It is, however, undocumented and thus the only way to know > about it is to download the source. I downloaded the source > to try and find out what etags was doing wrong with #line > when I discovered this undocumented option. > > I see from the source that the --no-line-directive is hidden > by the PRINT_UNDOCUMENTED_OPTIONS_HELP; I think it would be > helpful for others to remove this restriction. Francesco, Are there any reasons to keep this option (and a few others) hidden from the user eyes? Thanks.