From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#68807: 29.1; Can bindir used for emacsclient(-mail).desktop in Makefile.in be removed? Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 16:25:17 +0200 Message-ID: <868r463nle.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87eddzlpan.fsf@linj.tech> <86plxj2eu9.fsf@gnu.org> <87sf2ekisb.fsf@linj.tech> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="1135"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 68807@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lin Jian Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 30 15:27:50 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rUp5a-000Aay-8P for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2024 15:27:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rUp4u-00030Q-D9; Tue, 30 Jan 2024 09:27:08 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rUp4j-0002sO-N4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2024 09:26:59 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:5::43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rUp4f-0001AU-Tp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2024 09:26:57 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rUp4o-0005eN-5F for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2024 09:27:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 14:27:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 68807 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 68807-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B68807.170662477921652 (code B ref 68807); Tue, 30 Jan 2024 14:27:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 68807) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Jan 2024 14:26:19 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34713 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rUp46-0005dA-Oe for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2024 09:26:19 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48936) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rUp44-0005cv-NQ for 68807@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2024 09:26:17 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rUp3p-00013P-Qr; Tue, 30 Jan 2024 09:26:02 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=uBw2+a/eCv+yww0ITDL/RbHKgExNBnQ5k7fJyb6tb34=; b=sA0saEQHL7ne NhCgGf+5UfYuyguZ2/VJoyhITLq0EYErBT+1an+aRuphosHu6N2F1DWF7HnboP7ViTnnMi3SToXwC QlVZGsInkajFh69uHTkbArrhlDpKLEOThpjNKa9SJsQwhFBaUVRDuYC8lpmJT9AfdsMMYdiDesmpa wpoAPDWBifSwFmscP5KaEsAXb0HB/LXk9czm7DkboSm6XRBMh0V1rakspkpJIsCCnVA9tXQHnPeel kobkEbrY/TYpD08Dv7ZLi0vRsyDAl/G0e281benvwuT9PJ+FqsH2hetsocWDfePNPd7wLFbmQoNLX XapK+/4M4ZE4Jb+odakqRQ==; In-Reply-To: <87sf2ekisb.fsf@linj.tech> (message from Lin Jian on Tue, 30 Jan 2024 22:08:47 +0800) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:279184 Archived-At: > From: Lin Jian > Cc: 68807@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 22:08:47 +0800 > > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > > Yes, because the Emacs's upstream installation procedure installs > > emacsclient in ${bindir}. So "our "make install" wants to make sure > > the desktop file will reference the correct emacsclient, not the one > > found first on PATH. > > Since (I think) emacs and emacsclient are installed to the same > directory, why is not bindir used for emacs in *.desktop files? Why are > emacs and emacsclient treated differently in *.desktop files? I don't know, but people have been committing changes to these files for many moons, so I guess there is some reason. If you are really interested, try looking at the Git history of that, and then look up discussions here or on emacs-devel near the times of the changes. > Is this a bug? Not likely, because this is AFAIK used by many users and distros.