Re: [PATCH, RFC] etags/ctags v22.0.92 break Linux kernel `make TAGS/tags`

[Francesco Potorti`]

>> After checking the behaviour of Exuberant ctags, I decided to follow the
>> same route and allow for duplicated tags in ctags mode.  I added an
>> undocumented option --no-duplicates, just for emergency, that may be
>> deleted in a future release of Etags.  I also undocumented the existing
>> --no-warn option.
>> 
>> If anyone wants to comment on this change, please let me know.
>
>Should this change in behavior be mentioned in etc/NEWS?

I did not because the Emacs manual does not mention the ctags
functionalities of etags at all.  But maybe yes, since it is only a
couple of lines in an already huge file, it probably makes sense.