From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Reitter Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: OS X: Emacs.app / application binary = hard link ... why? Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 16:12:16 +0100 Message-ID: <4d27360ca4bc5b21bd0b6d01b6894e88@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1113578018 7939 80.91.229.2 (15 Apr 2005 15:13:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 15:13:38 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 15 17:13:36 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DMSUC-0001hh-RR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 17:12:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DMSXj-0003Xf-1v for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:15:39 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DMSWZ-00035u-9r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:14:29 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DMSWO-0002zC-PY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:14:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DMSWO-0002vh-Gh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:14:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [64.233.184.203] (helo=wproxy.gmail.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DMSVP-0004hA-0I for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:13:15 -0400 Original-Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 36so826979wra for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 08:12:18 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:content-type:to:from:subject:date:x-mailer; b=ZknIQKtKxRocV6yS+vYkDlyQII5UrF4gw0g9uBr1xF0+cRc3OYEEpteDMEiYGuta64JdiIdlJdAAod2UaCZ3yj3jbQcOjBl3RF9rqv4XtjU7SddAwUWo72PNGNoUgElpBdHCAQE5TkuQX7qnsvBCa86KXnNu6nkrkDip/kADatM= Original-Received: by 10.54.46.52 with SMTP id t52mr1681138wrt; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 08:12:18 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from ?129.215.110.120? ([129.215.110.120]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id d6sm1463365wra.2005.04.15.08.12.18; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 08:12:18 -0700 (PDT) Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:36028 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:36028 Hi, make-package creates hard links (and symlinks) in an extra bin/ folder in the .app bundle: # Make the application binary a hard link rm $installprefix/../MacOS/Emacs ln $installprefix/../MacOS/bin/emacs $installprefix/../MacOS/Emacs why is this happening? It looks like that in the installation - via a .pkg package / and an .dmg - you end up with three identical, but separate files that each take up 15MB. What is Contents/MacOS/bin for anyways? If it is needed, can we safely make a symlink instead of a hard link? Thanks -- Dave