From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andrew Choi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: MacOSX installation suggestions. Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 14:51:05 -0700 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1042018452 3522 80.91.224.249 (8 Jan 2003 09:34:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 09:34:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18WCbD-0000uf-00 for ; Wed, 08 Jan 2003 10:34:11 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18WCgB-0002Kp-00 for ; Wed, 08 Jan 2003 10:39:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18VyLH-00068Y-0E for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2003 13:20:48 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18Vf9M-0000Sr-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jan 2003 16:51:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18Vf9I-0000Mv-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jan 2003 16:51:11 -0500 Original-Received: from shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net ([24.71.223.10] helo=pd2mo3so.prod.shaw.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18Vf9H-0000Ml-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jan 2003 16:51:07 -0500 Original-Received: from pd4mr4so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr4so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.215]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 12 2002)) with ESMTP id <0H8B00FLLBD6CW@l-daemon> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jan 2003 14:51:06 -0700 (MST) Original-Received: from pn2ml2so.prod.shaw.ca (pn2ml2so-qfe0.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.121.146]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 12 2002)) with ESMTP id <0H8B00D1SBD72G@l-daemon> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jan 2003 14:51:07 -0700 (MST) Original-Received: from owlbear.local.shawmail (h68-144-207-94.cg.shawcable.net [68.144.207.94]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 12 2002)) with ESMTP id <0H8B00E1PBD6M3@l-daemon> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jan 2003 14:51:07 -0700 (MST) In-reply-to: Original-To: "Jan D." User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-Lines: 22 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:10575 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:10575 "Jan D." writes: > In the mac/INSTALL file it says twice that make install must be made as > root. This is an error, I have never done make install as root, and > if you just have write permission, this works fine (as it does with > the other Emacs configurations). I dont think documentation casually > should require you to be root to install things, when no such > requirement exists. It discurages the installation of Emacs under > your own user. I would change that to "make install requires that > you have write permission in the destination directories" or something > like that. Or not write anything at all. A more precise description is always desirable. Please feel free to modify mac/INSTALL. > I do think make install should install Emacs.app also. Now one has to > manually copy it after make install. It doesn't seem right that make > install doesn't install everything. Where should Emacs.app be put? Should this location be a new parameter to `configure'? Not everyone would want to put it in /Applications or want to copy it at all.