From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16429: 24.3.50; an issue in mingw making Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 02:26:47 -0400 Message-ID: References: <201401131510563598711@163.com> <838uuj7rhv.fsf@gnu.org> <201401140912370787667@163.com> <83k3e35f81.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1395210425 11477 80.91.229.3 (19 Mar 2014 06:27:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 06:27:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: zijianyue , 16429@debbugs.gnu.org To: Juanma Barranquero Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 19 07:27:12 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 1WQ9y3-0007Z6-Kh for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Mar 2014 07:27:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38865 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WQ9y3-0005U4-2x for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Mar 2014 02:27:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57407) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WQ9xy-0005Tn-Fi for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Mar 2014 02:27:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WQ9xx-0005AU-K3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Mar 2014 02:27:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:39464) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WQ9xx-0005AM-Gj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Mar 2014 02:27:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WQ9xv-0005he-TF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Mar 2014 02:27:04 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <201401131510563598711@163.com> Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 06:27:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16429 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 16429-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16429.139521041421893 (code B ref 16429); Wed, 19 Mar 2014 06:27:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16429) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Mar 2014 06:26:54 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40643 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WQ9xk-0005h2-SE for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 19 Mar 2014 02:26:53 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:35487) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WQ9xh-0005gn-JN for 16429@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 19 Mar 2014 02:26:50 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WQ9xf-0005gg-CN; Wed, 19 Mar 2014 02:26:47 -0400 X-Spook: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sweep fraud AMW Consul INSCOM X-Ran: W&McxU)CtBOjB7r%Qi 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:86962 Archived-At: Juanma Barranquero wrote: > Is anything else to be done in this report, or can we close it? It still needs fixing. The build process should be robust against EMACSDATA (and DOC, PATH, if they matter) being previously set in the user's environment (and registry on MS Windows, if possible). In other words, something like: export EMACSDATA=/path/to/emacs/21/etc should not break a subsequent build of Emacs 24.4 in that environment. The fix is to use EMACSDATA= where appropriate in the Makefiles, and to change emacs to ignore an empty value. Or to unset EMACSDATA in the Makefiles.