bug#19918: closed (25.0.50; links in *Backtrace* & *Help* go to the wrong function definitions)

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the wrong function definitions
has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #19918,
regarding 25.0.50; links in *Backtrace* & *Help* go to the wrong function 
definitions
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> 25.0.50; links in *Backtrace* & *Help* go to the wrong function definitions
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> Sat, 21 Feb 2015 16:53:29 -0800 (PST)
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> In my setup, i.e., with Bookmark+ loaded, function `bookmark-bmenu-list'
> is defined in file bookmark+-bmu.el.  In the debugger, there is a line
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>  * bookmark-bmenu-list(nil)
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> with the function name highlighted with a button.  `C-u C-x =' on the
> name shows this:
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>  Here is a `help-function-def' button labeled `bookmark-bmenu-list'.
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>  There are text properties here:
>    button               (t)
>    category             help-function-def-button
>    help-args            [Show]
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> Clicking [Show] shows this:
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>  (bookmark-bmenu-list
>    "d:/Emacs-25-2014-10-20/share/emacs/25.0.50/lisp/bookmark.el")
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> That's wrong.  And clicking mouse-2 on that button takes me to that
> wrong file.  And so does `C-h f' followed by the name and clicking on
> the library, which is shown as bookmark.el.
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> The debugger correctly traverses the code of the version of the function
> that is defined in bookmark+-bmu.el, however.
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> IOW, the function is defined correctly.  It is only the links in Help
> and the debugger that are wrong, as well as the file name in Help.  But
> the doc string in Help is correct - it is the doc string for the
> Bookmark+ version of the function.
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> The redefinition of the function in bookmark+-bmu.el is a
> straightforward defun.
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> In GNU Emacs 25.0.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
>  of 2014-10-20 on LEG570
> Bzr revision: 118168 address@hidden-20141020195941-icp42t8ttcnud09g
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
> Configured using:
>  `configure --enable-checking=yes,glyphs CPPFLAGS=-DGLYPH_DEBUG=1'
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> Re: bug#19918: 25.0.50; links in *Backtrace* & *Help* go to the wrong function definitions
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> Sun, 01 Dec 2019 22:57:30 +0100
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux)
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> Drew Adams <address@hidden> writes:
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> >> Could you please give a recipe for how to reproduce
> >> this bug using vanilla Emacs?
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> > That bug was reported 5 years ago, for Emacs 25.
> > It seems that it's been fixed, in Emacs 26.3 at
> > least.  So I guess the bug can be closed.  Thx.
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> Thanks for that, and I'm therefore closing this bug.
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> Best regards,
> Stefan Kangas
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