From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alexander Shukaev Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Correct Paths to Emacs C Sources after Installation Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 20:20:14 +0100 Message-ID: References: <834mugvw5w.fsf@gnu.org> <83vbmvufpy.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1415128851 19636 80.91.229.3 (4 Nov 2014 19:20:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 19:20:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, Stefan Monnier To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 04 20:20:44 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1Xljem-0004A8-0Y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2014 20:20:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42455 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xljel-0006nx-Jx for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:20:43 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33450) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XljeN-0006n9-Ca for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:20:20 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XljeM-0005KV-Dp for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:20:19 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-la0-x22c.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c03::22c]:40368) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XljeJ-0005Gf-FL; Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:20:15 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-la0-f44.google.com with SMTP id gf13so1494223lab.17 for ; Tue, 04 Nov 2014 11:20:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=vuQy1xEON0ogquq804nW/OegSCVAemR/ZIpK8kB/bZw=; b=TGLKVc5+RUvekuI8u68PHN1qmstKKyzpXmfH3JQWw2pbfNWjZOpdj+KqoVx6co+BNw K+uq6s00Dy06mld2oFiTCOoGKNPdeYhkUuoMhPDEHs7aeygj7G1sbUTzdmnjBz1LESLD TW8ciasGICzZeMvPNfc1yCAOnzB/JpuFeiejcOb/B6fmOXQNTI2MXIgxydA5fdkeVZdc GmOng73KrVmeUogyvUOcIjOiJD9B/SNiUNYNpFWLhrRAvWhQ3yTZ8hPM0llR5VmmFS9O byDgJcH2bXNvOfm1zMyJ9wMU/wMXqcHhgHkgp6SRq0i0eL23C4SEiS1QxIMV5m/22tQo HgsA== X-Received: by 10.112.73.103 with SMTP id k7mr61819022lbv.41.1415128814255; Tue, 04 Nov 2014 11:20:14 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.112.202.106 with HTTP; Tue, 4 Nov 2014 11:20:14 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4010:c03::22c X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:100747 Archived-At: > > I really don't think it is. The only thing I have ever seen use /usr/src > on GNU/Linux machines is the Linux kernel and other related items where > the sources are needed for compiling kernel modules. > Perhaps you should look into "/usr/local/src". This is the place where package managers can fetch the so-called "source packages", those which contain only the source code. IMO the only possible location for an optional `install-source' target > to install to is share/emacs/VERSION/src. I don't expect any pre-built > binary package of Emacs to ever use such a feature, but I would not have > a problem with such a patch. > This is also a good idea that I thought about myself. For browsing purposes only, this is a good place to store sources. Shall we move to emacs-devel now for further discussion?