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--- a/BUGS	Mon Oct 11 20:43:52 2010 -0700
+++ b/BUGS	Mon Oct 11 20:45:41 2010 -0700
@@ -1,26 +1,23 @@
-If you think you may have found a bug in GNU Emacs, please
-read the Bugs section of the Emacs manual for advice on
+If you think you may have found a bug in GNU Emacs, please read the
+Bugs section of the Emacs manual for advice on
+
 (1) how to tell when to report a bug, and
-(2) how to write a useful bug report and what information
-it needs to have.
-
-There are three ways to read the Bugs section.
+(2) how to write a useful bug report and what information it needs to have.

-(1) In a printed copy of the Emacs manual.
-You can order one from the Free Software Foundation;
-see the file etc/ORDERS.  But if you don't have a copy on
-hand and you think you have found a bug, you shouldn't wait
-to get a printed manual; you should read the section right away
-as described below.
+You can read the read the Bugs section of the manual from inside Emacs.
+Start Emacs, do C-h i to enter Info, then m Emacs RET to get to the
+Emacs manual, then m Bugs RET to get to the section on bugs.
+Or you can use the standalone Info program in a like manner.
+(Standalone Info is part of the Texinfo distribution, not part of the
+Emacs distribution.)

-(2) With Info.  Start Emacs, do C-h i to enter Info,
-then m Emacs RET to get to the Emacs manual, then m Bugs RET
-to get to the section on bugs.  Or use standalone Info in
-a like manner.  (Standalone Info is part of the Texinfo distribution,
-not part of the Emacs distribution.)
+Printed copies of the Emacs manual can be purchased from the Free
+Software Foundation's online store at <http://shop.fsf.org/>.

-(3) By hand.  Do
+If necessary, you can read the manual without an info program:
+
     cat info/emacs* | more "+/^File: emacs,  Node: Bugs,"

+
 Please first check the file etc/PROBLEMS (e.g. with C-h C-p in Emacs) to
 make sure it isn't a known issue.
--- a/ChangeLog	Mon Oct 11 20:43:52 2010 -0700
+++ b/ChangeLog	Mon Oct 11 20:45:41 2010 -0700
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-10-12  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+	* BUGS, INSTALL.BZR: Updates.
+
 2010-10-08  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>

 	* make-dist: Don't distribute src/buildobj.h.  (Bug#7167)
--- a/INSTALL.BZR	Mon Oct 11 20:43:52 2010 -0700
+++ b/INSTALL.BZR	Mon Oct 11 20:45:41 2010 -0700
@@ -31,13 +31,9 @@
 subdirectories of lisp/, e.g. mh-e/ and calendar/) will need to be
 updated to reflect new autoloaded functions.  If you see errors (rather
 than warnings) about undefined lisp functions during compilation, that
-may be the reason.  Another symptom may be an error saying that
-"loaddefs.el" could not be found; this is due to a change in the way
-loaddefs.el was handled in version control, and should only happen
-once, for users that are updating old sources.  Finally, sometimes
-there can be build failures related to *loaddefs.el (e.g. "required
-feature `esh-groups' was not provided").  In that case, follow the
-instructions below.
+may be the reason.  Finally, sometimes there can be build failures
+related to *loaddefs.el (e.g. "required feature `esh-groups' was not
+provided").  In that case, follow the instructions below.

 To update loaddefs.el (and similar files), do:

@@ -53,10 +49,6 @@
 etc.) before "make bootstrap" or "make"; the rest of the procedure is
 applicable to those systems as well.

-Questions, requests, and bug reports about the Bazaar versions of Emacs
-should be sent to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org rather than gnu.emacs.help.
-Ideally, use M-x report-emacs-bug RET.
-
 Because the Bazaar version of Emacs is a work in progress, it will
 sometimes fail to build.  Please wait a day or so (and check the bug
 and development mailing list archives) before reporting such problems.