>> The patch drops support for "-n" option :-<
>>
>> Attached is the patch by fixing make_ctags (make_etags is not
>> touched).
>>
>> If Exuberant-type ctags is available, use it (not changed).
>> If Exuberant-type ctags is not available, try old ctags (not changed).
>> If the old ctags does not support "-e" option, try etags (new).
>
> I am not sure if this is good way to check if ctags supports "-e" or not.
>
> + then ctags --version 2>&1 | grep -- -e >/dev/null
>
> Perhaps, "--help" might be intended rather than "--version" to check
> supported options?
Yeah, that was my mistake.
> Even so, ctags would have other option whose name contains
> "-e" than Emacs support, so this check could end in a wrong result. Therefore,
> it seems to me that it is better to check immediately if etags is available
> in case that we don't have Exuberant-type ctags.
That makes sense.
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