Re: install error on Mac OS X

[Seiji Zenitani <zenitani@gmail.com>]

Hello,

On 2006/11/02, at 8:37, Kazu Yamamoto wrote:
>
>     % ./configure --enable-carbon-app=/Applications --without-x -- 
> prefix=/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources
>     % make
>     % sudo make install
>
> If those args to ./configure are necessary,
> should Emacs be changed so that it works ok
> without those arguments?
>

Yamamoto-san's way is favorable because everything is enclosed in  
the /Application directory.

By the way, Mac users often move an Emacs icon (/Applications/ 
Emacs.app) to other place (/Somewhere/Else/Emacs.app). Therefore, it  
is much more favorable if emacs is independent of its prefix path.  
Take a look at the mac/make-package script in the emacs source code.  
The line

	./make-package --self-contained

will build a prefix-independent version of emacs, by re-arranging its  
internal directory structure. I recommend this 'self-contained' way  
rather than the above Yamamoto-san's way.

Also, for simplicity, I think 'mac/make-package' should be integrated  
into the configure script. How about removing 'mac/make-package' and  
then introducing a new configure option, something like './configure  
--self-contained'?


best regards,


Seiji Zenitani
zenitani@gmail.com