From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: $prefix/info -> $prefix/share/info
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 08:01:55 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1Gx151-0000Zr-1A@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200612181447.57052.bruno@clisp.org> (message from Bruno Haible on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 14:47:56 +0100)
Thanks for noticning this problem and working on it.
***************
*** 463,474 ****
(expand-file-name "info/" installation-directory)
(if invocation-directory
(let ((infodir (expand-file-name
! "../info/"
invocation-directory)))
(if (file-exists-p infodir)
infodir
(setq infodir (expand-file-name
! "../../../info/"
invocation-directory))
(and (file-exists-p infodir)
infodir))))))
--- 463,474 ----
(expand-file-name "info/" installation-directory)
(if invocation-directory
(let ((infodir (expand-file-name
! "../share/info/"
invocation-directory)))
(if (file-exists-p infodir)
infodir
(setq infodir (expand-file-name
! "../../../share/info/"
invocation-directory))
(and (file-exists-p infodir)
infodir))))))
I think that part is not correct. It assumes invocation-directory
will be /usr/local/SOMETHING, and that is not likely at all.
The same issue applies to the file w32-fns.el.
diff -r -c3 --exclude=configure emacs-22.0.90.orig/lisp/paths.el emacs-22.0.90/lisp/paths.el
*** emacs-22.0.90.orig/lisp/paths.el 2006-09-04 19:36:11.000000000 +0200
--- emacs-22.0.90/lisp/paths.el 2006-11-15 03:21:39.000000000 +0100
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*** 68,74 ****
(suffixes
;; Subdirectories in each directory tree that may contain info
;; directories.
! '("" "share/" "gnu/" "gnu/lib/" "gnu/lib/emacs/"
"emacs/" "lib/" "lib/emacs/"))
(standard-info-dirs
(apply #'nconc
--- 68,74 ----
(suffixes
;; Subdirectories in each directory tree that may contain info
;; directories.
! '("share/" "" "gnu/" "gnu/lib/" "gnu/lib/emacs/"
"emacs/" "lib/" "lib/emacs/"))
(standard-info-dirs
(apply #'nconc
What is the motive for this change?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-12-20 13:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-12-18 13:47 $prefix/info -> $prefix/share/info Bruno Haible
2006-12-18 20:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-12-20 14:24 ` Bruno Haible
2006-12-20 19:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-12-20 13:01 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2006-12-20 14:24 ` Bruno Haible
2006-12-25 0:43 ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-18 16:22 ` Chong Yidong
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