From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16772: Failure in "make install" on MS-Windows Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 16:49:59 +0200 Message-ID: <831tz1aj54.fsf@gnu.org> References: <63r47232fz.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1392648674 19433 80.91.229.3 (17 Feb 2014 14:51:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 14:51:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 16772@debbugs.gnu.org To: Juanma Barranquero Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 17 15:51:21 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WFPXS-0001Ib-3x for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Feb 2014 15:51:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41252 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WFPXR-0006Wm-Qi for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Feb 2014 09:51:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46610) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WFPXJ-0006WG-FZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Feb 2014 09:51:15 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WFPXD-000771-KO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Feb 2014 09:51:09 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:54897) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WFPXD-00076r-Gl for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Feb 2014 09:51:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WFPXC-0005La-E4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Feb 2014 09:51:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 14:51:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16772 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 16772-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16772.139264860520479 (code B ref 16772); Mon, 17 Feb 2014 14:51:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16772) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Feb 2014 14:50:05 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56079 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WFPWF-0005K0-7K for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 17 Feb 2014 09:50:04 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout27.012.net.il ([80.179.55.183]:35362) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WFPWB-0005Jb-Is for 16772@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 17 Feb 2014 09:50:00 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout27.012.net.il by mtaout27.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0N1500600AF25900@mtaout27.012.net.il> for 16772@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 17 Feb 2014 16:48:18 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by mtaout27.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0N150067DAGI8I00@mtaout27.012.net.il>; Mon, 17 Feb 2014 16:48:18 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:85729 Archived-At: > From: Juanma Barranquero > Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 13:38:40 +0100 > Cc: 16772@debbugs.gnu.org > > On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Dani Moncayo wrote: > > > The problem, I think, is that $(DESTDIR) contains literally the prefix > > I gave ("../myinstalldir"), which is a relative path (to the "current" > > directory - at the moment of the "make install"), but since we are now > > in "nt/Makefile", the current working directory is "/nt", > > and therefore, relative references like this one don't refer to the > > intended location. > > Why would then work the other commands in the install target? Presumably because those directories somehow did exist beforehand. Anyway, DESTDIR must be an absolute file name, see my other mail.