Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Thierry Volpiatto >> Cc: 46790@debbugs.gnu.org >> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2022 14:19:32 +0000 >> >> >> > Error using execdir /usr/local/sbin/emacs-29.0.50/: >> >> > emacs: /usr/local/sbin/emacs-29.0.50/../native-lisp/29.0.50-ca991e8a/preloaded/window-0d1b8b93-0c17e2d3.eln: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory >> >> >> >> Please tell: >> >> >> >> . what is the directory where you installed the Emacs binary, the one >> >> invoked when you start Emacs "normally" >> >> . if that binary is a symlink, how is the symlink defined (is the >> >> file itself a symlink or is the directory a symlink?), and where >> >> does that symlink point >> >> . what is the directory where you have the pdumper file, and what is >> >> its name >> >> . if the pdumper file is itself a symlink, please provide the same >> >> details as for the Emacs binary >> >> . where is the native-lisp/ directory with the *.eln files produced >> >> during the build >> >> >> >> In each case, please show the full absolute name of the files I'm >> >> asking about. >> > >> > In addition, please tell how you configured Emacs, i.e. please show >> > the full command line with which you invoked the configure script. >> >> ./configure CFLAGS='-O8' --with-mailutils --with-cairo --with-native-compilation > > I think that's the problem: installing the binary in a directory other > than $execdir/bin needs to configure with --bindir accordingly set. > Emacs built with native compilation records at build time the way to > get to native-lisp/ directory starting from the directory where the > Emacs binary is installed, so you must use --bindir at configure time > to let the build process know where the binary will be installed. It > is no longer enough to set bindir only at "make install" time. > > Emacs 28.1, as released, could work without --bindir, but that was at > a price of effectively dropping the support for --bindir > configure-time switch, something I don't want to do, since it's a > regression. > > So please try re-configuring with > > ./configure CFLAGS='-O8' --bindir=/usr/local/sbin/emacs-29.0.50 --with-mailutils --with-cairo --with-native-compilation > > and tell if the problem is solved by that after you install the > resulting binary. Yes this fixed the problem. Thanks. -- Thierry