From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Installing the Emacs executable Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:32:41 +0300 Message-ID: <83fvyq4es6.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1366129965 16286 80.91.229.3 (16 Apr 2013 16:32:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:32:45 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 16 18:32:46 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1US8oC-0008GE-2M for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:32:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56367 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1US8oB-0006Pk-Lg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:32:39 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:47388) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1US8o8-0006P5-2m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:32:37 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1US8o3-00006N-9u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:32:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout21.012.net.il ([80.179.55.169]:59243) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1US8o3-00005t-1e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:32:31 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout21.012.net.il by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MLC00L00WK8ND00@a-mtaout21.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:32:28 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MLC00LOEWM4LV40@a-mtaout21.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:32:28 +0300 (IDT) X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 X-Received-From: 80.179.55.169 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:158953 Archived-At: "make install" installs 2 executables: 'emacs-24.3.50' and 'emacs' that is a symlink to 'emacs-24.3.50'. It also installs DOC-24.3.50.nn, where nn is the serial number of the build of this version of Emacs in the build tree. The next time you build and "make install", you get the same 'emacs-24.3.50' (which is a different executable) and DOC-24.3.50.nn+1 as its DOC file. The previous DOC-24.3.50.nn is deleted. Is this done on purpose? Why isn't the binary named the same as its DOC, i.e. emacs-24.3.50.nn?