From: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.rodgers@ihs.com>
Subject: Re: Debian: Avoid install-info errors on "make install"?
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 13:23:50 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3E495BD6.8030701@ihs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 84k7g9jxte.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de
Kai Großjohann wrote:
> When compiling Emacs from the CVS sources, then doing "make install",
> I get errors (warnings?) like this:
>
> * Ada mode: (ada-mode). Emacs mode for editing Ada code.
> install-info(/home/kai/sw/emacs-21.0/info/ada-mode): replacing existing dir entry for `ada-mode'
> cp: cannot create regular file `/var/backups/infodir.bak': Permission denied
> install-info(/home/kai/sw/emacs-21.0/info/ada-mode): couldn't backup /home/kai/sw/emacs-21.0/info/dir in /var/backups/infodir.bak: No such file or directory
>
> Suggestions?
Find out why install-info is referencing /var/backups. It's probably being
passed explicity from the Makefile, so perhaps its a configure parameter. It
does seem odd that it has apparently ignored your
--prefix=/home/kai/sw/emacs-21.0 parameter, though.
--
<a href="mailto:<kevin.rodgers@ihs.com>">Kevin Rodgers</a>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-02-11 20:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-02-09 15:09 Debian: Avoid install-info errors on "make install"? Kai Großjohann
2003-02-11 20:23 ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
2003-02-12 8:13 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-02-12 9:25 ` Romain FRANCOISE
2003-02-12 9:51 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-02-12 16:18 ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-02-13 22:02 ` Bijan Soleymani
2003-02-14 9:23 ` Kai Großjohann
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