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@@ -215,43 +215,6 @@ eg 'emacs25'). On Red Hat-based systems, the corresponding command is 'dnf builddep emacs' (on older systems, use 'yum-builddep' instead). -DEBUGGING AN INSTALLED EMACS - -* Installed Emacs source code - -Emacs typically installs a compressed copy of much of its source code, -to make it easy for users to read Emacs source code via commands like -M-x describe-function (C-h f) to display the definition of a function. -This compressed copy ordinarily includes both the Elisp source code -that Emacs is mostly written in, as well as the C source code for the -core Emacs executable. - -* GNU/Linux source and debug packages - -Many GNU/Linux systems provide separate packages containing the -sources and debug symbols of Emacs. They can help you debug the -installed Emacs on the C level. The procedures for installing these -packages depend on the GNU/Linux system that you use. - -Emacs debugging symbols are distributed by a debug package if one -exists for your system. On Debian-based systems, you can -install a debug package of Emacs with a command like 'apt-get install -emacs-dbg' (on older systems, replace 'emacs' with e.g. 'emacs25'). -On Red Hat-based systems, the corresponding command is 'dnf -debuginfo-install emacs'; this may require adding the *-debuginfo -repositories first, via 'dnf config-manager --set-enabled -fedora-debuginfo updates-debuginfo'. - -Some systems also have an Emacs source package that is also helpful -when debugging the installed Emacs. To unpack an Emacs source package -into the current directory on Debian-based systems, you can use a -command like 'apt-get source emacs' (on older systems, replace 'emacs' -with e.g. 'emacs25'); you may first need to add the appropriate -'source' URIs to your sources.list. On Red Hat-based systems, -installing the debugging symbols automatically installs the -corresponding source package in the appropriate location. - - DETAILED BUILDING AND INSTALLATION: (This is for a Unix or Unix-like system. For GNUstep and macOS, |