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: Fri, 10 May 2013 12:24:47 +0300 Message-ID: <83vc6rb31c.fsf@gnu.org> References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1368177961 22776 80.91.229.3 (10 May 2013 09:26:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 09:26:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 10 11:25:59 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 1UajaQ-00015a-Al for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 May 2013 11:25:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58411 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UajaP-0003Cx-SA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 May 2013 05:25:57 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:52852) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UajaL-0003C5-E8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 May 2013 05:25:55 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UajaK-0000Fh-FL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 May 2013 05:25:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout21.012.net.il ([80.179.55.169]:58881) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UajaK-0000FU-4t; Fri, 10 May 2013 05:25:52 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout21.012.net.il by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MMK00300SPMEW00@a-mtaout21.012.net.il>; Fri, 10 May 2013 12:25:03 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MMK003RCSTQCY60@a-mtaout21.012.net.il>; Fri, 10 May 2013 12:25:02 +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: 80.179.55.169 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:159477 Archived-At: > Date: Thu, 09 May 2013 20:22:27 -0400 > From: Richard Stallman > > I did a bootstrap, and it deleted the existing DOC-nnn file > that was used by the running Emacs. As a result, that Emacs > had no access to documentation of dumped functions. > > Because DOC-nnn files are numbered with versions, and each > time Emacs is dumped it gets a new number, there is no need > to delete the preexisting ones. Why not leave them alone? But "make bootstrap" also deletes all the emacs-nnn executables, doesn't it? If so, there's no point in keeping their DOC files.