From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jambunathan K Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Precompiled Emacs Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 20:16:51 +0530 Message-ID: <87sivc442s.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87wqkpxnrm.fsf@gmail.com> <5276C383.4020009@gmx.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1383576494 24714 80.91.229.3 (4 Nov 2013 14:48:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 14:48:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 04 15:48:19 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VdLRu-0008DX-FQ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 04 Nov 2013 15:48:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50285 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VdLRu-0001RU-4f for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 04 Nov 2013 09:48:14 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51472) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VdLRZ-0001Jc-FV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Nov 2013 09:47:58 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VdLRU-0007gD-6v for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Nov 2013 09:47:53 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pd0-x235.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c02::235]:47810) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VdLRT-0007g2-VO for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Nov 2013 09:47:48 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-pd0-f181.google.com with SMTP id x10so6684721pdj.26 for ; Mon, 04 Nov 2013 06:47:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=zuM/AMJJFctc/lzHebq2VhVzXMR2828hOxe//LX/swM=; b=wekrmZyVJFInSwUthFrErZFLNoi2+3ZswvYNEod2Mm8SNz0eGKOP3iNXw+HMVkk36A SEfupT+AUrtwoSXS9lauT0RuL6XdE/fBTxwyhRcsBeHBgSgWsQEIpjFPAlEr4ZedAzZi Fmd0F2omPT9p5KQWpB4DuA/AlOwfWKi+nkOivi9K0teXu9d6FR00X/NR0s1egnM3bLqi YfLutjgT4e4L7O0d5SOM9yRAwzxoz9fCoqX/xSr++sZDX1vZF0HquRIHvKNsYNGTksqq bVexmmishLRsGidfsmRfGcFG1t11jv9xs2mard1FQOxIBepUIQIecppwO6+byCaZxnSc 2pEA== X-Received: by 10.69.18.42 with SMTP id gj10mr1687824pbd.172.1383576466620; Mon, 04 Nov 2013 06:47:46 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from debian-6.05 ([101.63.144.207]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id yg3sm33572575pab.16.2013.11.04.06.47.44 for (version=TLSv1.1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 04 Nov 2013 06:47:45 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Mon, 04 Nov 2013 08:48:49 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c02::235 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:94322 Archived-At: Will Hydra help in this case? http://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/gnu/emacs-trunk Can one simply download the already built binaries and "deploy" it locally for testing? If the tester has infinite bandwidth it might be a more scalable and hassle-free solution. Just throwing things. Don't know what I am speaking. Stefan Monnier writes: >> I guess I could do: > >> $ ./configure --prefix /usr/local/emacs-x.y.z --without-all --without-x >> $ make bootstrap >> $ tar ... > >> ... move to another system > >> $ make install > > Almost. You could use: > > $ ./configure --without-all --without-x > $ make bootstrap > $ tar ... > ... move to another system > $ make install prefix=/where/ever/I/like > > Actually, you could also install it "anywhere" and then copy the > installed files to /where/ever/I/like. Emacs will have a bit of trouble > finding its files, but there is code in Emacs already to try and find > its own files in such situations (used for the Windows and OS X builds, > IIRC), and I'd welcome a patch which extends this to GNU/Linux > (especially if it can reuse/consolidate the existing code). > > > Stefan