The patch I attached fixes the install issue for me without any other modification. This patch also seems to be consistent with other MKDIR_P commands in the Makefile. ### Install native compiled Lisp files. install-eln: lisp ifeq ($(HAVE_NATIVE_COMP),yes) - find native-lisp -type d -exec $(MKDIR_P) "$(ELN_DESTDIR){}" \; ; \ + umask 022; find native-lisp -type d -exec $(MKDIR_P) "$(ELN_DESTDIR){}" \; ; \ find native-lisp -type f -exec ${INSTALL_DATA} "{}" "$(ELN_DESTDIR){}" \; On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 6:29 PM Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > From: Wilhelm Kirschbaum > > Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2021 17:21:36 +0200 > > Cc: 49864@debbugs.gnu.org > > > > 162 if (faccessat (AT_FDCWD, file, amode, AT_EACCESS) == 0) > > (gdb) next > > dump_do_dump_relocation (dump_base=, reloc=...) at > pdumper.c:5325 > > 5325 eln_fname = make_uninit_string (execdir_len + fn2_len); > > (gdb) p (int)errno > > $1 = 13 > > > > I can indeed access > > > /usr/local/libexec/emacs/28.0.50/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/../../../../bin/../lib/emacs/28.0.50/native-lisp/28.0.50-864bf4e5/preloaded/window-0d1b8b93-dcb2375f.eln > > but only as root. Which seems wrong. I can start emacs as sudo ( have > not even checked this before ) > > > > Which is then probably a umask issue as this folder's permission seems > wrong: > > /usr/local/lib $ sudo ls -lah emacs > > total 12K > > drwx------ 3 root root 4.0K Aug 3 23:00 . > > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4.0K Aug 3 23:00 .. > > drwx------ 3 root root 4.0K Aug 3 23:00 28.0.50 > > > > sudo ls -lah emacs/28.0.50 > > total 12K > > drwx------ 3 root root 4.0K Aug 3 23:00 . > > drwx------ 3 root root 4.0K Aug 3 23:00 .. > > drwx------ 3 root root 4.0K Aug 3 23:00 native-lisp > > > > Yes the file exists, but I cannot access it as a non-root ( should have > checked before ). I can remove the > > folder and re-install and the permission is the same as above. > > So this sounds like some problem with how "make install" sets > permissions on directories on your system: it ends up disallowing your > user access to those files. Or maybe you should follow "make install" > by a suitable chmod command, to make those files accessible? > > I don't know enough about sudo to help you more, but maybe someone > else here does? The main question to answer, from my POV, is whether > this is something we could address in our "make install", or something > only you can fix on your system. > > Thanks. >