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Re: Bootstrap deleted DOC-nnn file


From: Richard Stallman
Subject: Re: Bootstrap deleted DOC-nnn file
Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 17:44:29 -0400

    > Won't that cause all but the latest Emacs executable in the directory
    > to fail to access doc strings?

    No, they'll just all use the same file, just like they all use the same
    .el and .elc files.

But... the dumped Emacs contains offsets in the DOC file.
If the DOC file is changed, those references won't work.

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