bug#45013: closed (Using a different tags program)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Using a different tags program Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 18:01:09 +0000

There doesn't seem to be a way for the user to configure a different ctags program, unless I'm overlooking something? Passing "CTAGS=foo" to configure has no effect; it seems that all one can do is pass "CTAGS=foo" to make every time one runs "make tags".

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>     I have looked into it and attach a trivial patch, which works nicely.
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> Excellent, thanks much.
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>     It's not obvious to me whether any documentation is required; 
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> Yeah. The existing Tags node was rather inconsistent about mentioning
> the various variables. I took the opportunity to tweak the text
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> BTW, it seems you reversed which file got which change (and it's tags.am
> not tags.m4). I just changed the text around.
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> Thanks again (and closing),
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