From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 14576@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#14576: "make install" has trouble with non-standard locallisppath directories
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 18:49:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAeL0SRQy7s9q1vPGX5XGU0L6gGG19_eWBFhTdgYifTLk9adBQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83ppvwsgbx.fsf@gnu.org>
On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 6:44 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> "Supported" means supported by the code that was originally there for
> Posix platforms and by the changes I made for using that on Windows.
> Obviously, %emacs_dir% was not supported by the former; the changes I
> committed support that only in src/epaths.h.
OK.
> If you prefer "partially supported", I agree with that. But partial
> support helps only those users who know to look under the hood and do
> all kinds of special tricks. For the rest of the users, this partial
> support is the same as non-support.
That partial support would be full support (at least on Windows) if
make install didn't try to create the dirs. That's the only
unsupported aspect, AFAICS.
> Yes, and also the semi-colon usage (if that is what you want to be
> supported).
No, I don't mind that. Using /x/ instead of X: and : instead of ; in
args to the MSYS machinery seems par for the course.
> If by misfeature you mean the part that creates the directories in
> locallisppath, then I don't object to that removal. But if it is
> removed, it must be removed on all systems, not just on Windows, IMO.
Agreed. Now, if the maintainers agree, we could go forward on that...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-06-08 16:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-08 14:15 bug#14576: "make install" has trouble with non-standard locallisppath directories Juanma Barranquero
2013-06-08 15:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-08 15:18 ` Juanma Barranquero
2013-06-08 16:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-08 16:49 ` Juanma Barranquero [this message]
2013-06-27 2:02 ` Juanma Barranquero
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