From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jason Rumney Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#3196: bad install Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 17:59:41 +0800 Message-ID: <49FD6B0D.3080902@gnu.org> References: <96bd3cdc0905021828k72ca7f70tfe9877365c313d91@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: Jason Rumney , 3196@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1241345903 7040 80.91.229.12 (3 May 2009 10:18:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 10:18:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: John Watson , 3196@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 03 12:18:15 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1M0Yly-0005iQ-Ox for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 03 May 2009 12:18:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42320 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M0Ylv-0006C9-7h for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 03 May 2009 06:18:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M0Yg3-0005Ht-Cj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 May 2009 06:12:07 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M0Yfy-0005GN-1x for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 May 2009 06:12:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57647 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M0Yfx-0005GA-ID for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 May 2009 06:12:01 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:56269) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M0Yfx-0004yD-27 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 May 2009 06:12:01 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n43ABvl5003166; Sun, 3 May 2009 03:11:58 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n43A5BM2000695; Sun, 3 May 2009 03:05:11 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Jason Rumney Original-Sender: Jason Rumney Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 10:05:11 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 3196 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 3196-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B3196.124134482031452 (code B ref 3196); Sun, 03 May 2009 10:05:11 +0000 Original-Received: (at 3196) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 3 May 2009 10:00:20 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. 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([118.101.236.118]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 22sm10023094wfg.27.2009.05.03.03.00.11 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 03 May 2009 03:00:13 -0700 (PDT) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) In-Reply-To: <96bd3cdc0905021828k72ca7f70tfe9877365c313d91@mail.gmail.com> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 06:12:05 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:27643 Archived-At: John Watson wrote: > Guys, > I just downloaded what I thought was the latest emacs binary release > for windows. When I unzipped it the /bin dir in the install was empty. > In fact I didn't see any exe files in the entire exploded dir. I > downloaded what looked the previous minor release and that at least > appears to have something in the /bin dir. What file did you download, from what site, and what led you to believe (perhaps incorrectly) that it was a binary release of Emacs for windows? > I'm not going to provide any more details, but that ftp folder is > more than a little confusing. Lets hope the new download works. Why won't you provide more details? Your report is unlikely to lead to improvements without them, as it is too vague.