Bug 714212 - Broken COPYING Information Commands
Summary: Broken COPYING Information Commands
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: emacs
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Karel Klíč
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-06-17 15:55 UTC by fedora.dm0
Modified: 2013-03-03 23:02 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: emacs-23.3-10.fc17
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2011-09-27 10:03:36 UTC
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Don't exclude or duplicate COPYING in the RPM spec (941 bytes, patch)
2011-06-17 15:55 UTC, fedora.dm0
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Description fedora.dm0 2011-06-17 15:55:03 UTC
Created attachment 505304 [details]
Don't exclude or duplicate COPYING in the RPM spec

Description of problem:

The file /usr/share/emacs/%{version}/etc/COPYING is excluded from the RPM (used instead as documentation), but the commands describe-no-warranty and describe-copying fail if it is not present.

While it does not interfere with daily usage, it does make the package appear a bit broken--particularly because those two commands are used on the default buffer.


Steps to Reproduce:

C-h C-w or C-h C-c


Additional info:

As the COPYING file in question affects runtime, it probably should not be used solely as documentation.  I see the NEWS file is duplicated between content and documentation, so if that is acceptable, the %exclude line can just be removed to have a copy in both places.  I interpreted the guidelines as to avoid duplicates, so I used the attached to create a symlink for license documentation.  Either solution fixes the problem.

Comment 1 Karel Klíč 2011-09-27 10:03:36 UTC
Thank you.
I have also symlinked the NEWS file.


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