From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Merrick Luo <merrick@luois.me>
Cc: 61171@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#61171: 30.0.50; macos build can't find native lisp folder
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 15:37:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83h6w63jvp.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87bkmfz90g.fsf@luois.me> (message from Merrick Luo on Tue, 31 Jan 2023 11:18:55 +0800)
[Please keep the bug address on the CC list.]
> From: Merrick Luo <merrick@luois.me>
> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 11:18:55 +0800
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > Why did you build with ns-self-contained disabled? AFAICT from
> > reading the top-level Makefile.in, this causes Emacs to install files
> > according to Posix conventions, which breaks on macOS. What you get is
> > the Emacs binary in a place unrelated to the directory where the
> > *.eln files are installed, and Emacs cannot find them.
>
> yes, I want the files to be installed into /usr/local/ so I can use it
> in terminal more easily. AFAIR, the Emacs.app works fine with this
> option without native compilation enabled, I can also copy/move it to
> the Application folder and still works.
Without native-compilation Emacs doesn't need to look for and find
the *.eln files, so it's a small wonder you don't see the problem.
> > You could perhaps set ELN_DESTDIR explicitly when you run "Make", as
> > in
> >
> > make ELN_DESTDIR=/Users/merrickluo/projs/emacs/nextstep/Emacs.app/Contents
> >
> > Maybe.
>
> this looks like an absolute path though, so if I moved the Emacs.app to
> another place, like /Applciations, it will break /usr/local/bin/emacs?
Emacs with native-compilation supports relocatable
installations only if the relation between the directory with the
binary and the directory with the *.eln files is according to the
relation between BIN_DESTDIR and ELN_DESTDIR. So if you want a
relocatable installation, you will need to play with the values of
those two Make-time variables to suit your needs. If you use absolute
file names, moving the files will break the installation.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-01-31 13:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-01-30 12:42 bug#61171: 30.0.50; macos build can't find native lisp folder Merrick Luo via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-01-30 13:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <87bkmfz90g.fsf@luois.me>
2023-01-31 13:37 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2023-06-05 22:15 ` Andrea Corallo
2023-06-06 11:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
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