From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Bootstrap deleted DOC-nnn file Date: Thu, 09 May 2013 20:22:27 -0400 Message-ID: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1368145354 29208 80.91.229.3 (10 May 2013 00:22:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 00:22:34 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 10 02:22:35 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 1Uab6Y-0005FV-Ba for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 May 2013 02:22:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38617 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uab6X-0003Xw-To for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 May 2013 20:22:33 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:37795) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uab6T-0003XO-VH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 May 2013 20:22:31 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uab6T-0007Uh-5i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 May 2013 20:22:29 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:41370) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uab6T-0007Ud-36 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 May 2013 20:22:29 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uab6R-0000Bx-PX; Thu, 09 May 2013 20:22:28 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e 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:159458 Archived-At: 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? -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call