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bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help


From: Glenn Morris
Subject: bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2019 18:32:36 -0400
User-agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/)

Paul Eggert wrote:

> I hope this email helps to explain further why patching INSTALL is
> merely a stopgap, and why we need a better solution in the next Emacs
> release.

IMO if you need to debug Emacs outside the lisp level, you should build
it and do so from the source directory. I see no need to start
distributing the C source in installations. If any serious debugging is
needed, people are usually advised to use unoptimized builds anyway.





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