From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Seiji Zenitani Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: install error on Mac OS X Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 22:57:51 +0900 Message-ID: <7176B1DB-D8F4-44D8-9439-833AF9D36B9A@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1162475976 25679 80.91.229.2 (2 Nov 2006 13:59:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 13:59:36 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 02 14:59:32 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gfd6R-0000Jm-16 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Nov 2006 14:59:31 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gfd6Q-0007cJ-5m for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:59:30 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gfd63-0007Ws-Rz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:59:08 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gfd5z-0007Kv-Pt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:59:07 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gfd5z-0007KD-H1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:59:03 -0500 Original-Received: from [66.249.82.234] (helo=wx-out-0506.google.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Gfd5z-0003Ld-H8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:59:03 -0500 Original-Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i26so123194wxd for ; Thu, 02 Nov 2006 05:59:02 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:content-type:to:from:subject:date:x-mailer; b=WN0S6WtAQdK+Nn7Gwbt9AOeiQ+th4tjCv262Sequ9muqNubS8i+BFvkbwjd9d6TE5Qj9U57rFG0qvs74mGfRSDHYbcm5k+rTayadXxFd58s5wGZ3QQNa5UvWRYYJ50lwITopWPXsiCyux2iqixblhRE24TrSCXEnt76bwvks54s= Original-Received: by 10.70.129.5 with SMTP id b5mr653364wxd.1162475942149; Thu, 02 Nov 2006 05:59:02 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from ?192.168.1.22? ( [211.131.79.59]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id i11sm2568310wxd.2006.11.02.05.59.01; Thu, 02 Nov 2006 05:59:01 -0800 (PST) Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:61609 Archived-At: 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