building macosx

building macosx

[Immanuel Litzroth]

building emacs on macos 10.1 gives the following error:

rm -f /Users/immanuel/workspace/UnixSource/Emacs/emacs-cvs/emacs/lisp/*.elc /Users/immanuel/workspace/UnixSource/Emacs/emacs-cvs/emacs/lisp/*/*.elc
/bin/sh: /usr/local/bin/rm: Argument list too long
make[1]: [bootstrap-clean] Error 126 (ignored)

somewhat later the build complains about not knowing the function 
define-mail-user-agent and the build stops. Emacs warns about loading
.elc files with newer .el sources but it happily loads the old ones. 

Immanuel
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Re: building macosx

[Steven Tamm]

Your setup appears to be non standard.  rm is coming from  
/usr/local/bin/rm, which is not where the developer tools usually put  
it (it puts it in /bin/rm).  I'd suggest building emacs without  
including /usr/local/bin in your path.

I'm not sure why it complains about define-mail-user-agent.  Maybe the  
"epaths.h" is set incorrectly?

-Steven


On Tuesday, September 17, 2002, at 05:30 AM, Immanuel Litzroth wrote:

>
> building emacs on macos 10.1 gives the following error:
>
> rm -f  
> /Users/immanuel/workspace/UnixSource/Emacs/emacs-cvs/emacs/lisp/*.elc  
> /Users/immanuel/workspace/UnixSource/Emacs/emacs-cvs/emacs/lisp/*/> *.elc
> /bin/sh: /usr/local/bin/rm: Argument list too long
> make[1]: [bootstrap-clean] Error 126 (ignored)
>
> somewhat later the build complains about not knowing the function
> define-mail-user-agent and the build stops. Emacs warns about loading
> .elc files with newer .el sources but it happily loads the old ones.
>
> Immanuel
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> same lot seems to have befallen him.
> About Guido of Arezzo
>
> Immanuel Litzroth
> Software Development Engineer
> Enfocus Software
> Kleindokkaai 3-5
> B-9000 Gent
> Belgium
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> Fax : +32 9 269 16 91
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Re: building macosx

[Richard Stallman]

    I'm not sure why it complains about define-mail-user-agent.

I had a problem like this too until I recompiled subr.el.

Re: building macosx

[Andrew Choi]

> building emacs on macos 10.1 gives the following error:
> 
> rm -f /Users/immanuel/workspace/UnixSource/Emacs/emacs-cvs/emacs/lisp/*.elc /Users/immanuel/workspace/UnixSource/Emacs/emacs-cvs/emacs/lisp/*/*.elc
> /bin/sh: /usr/local/bin/rm: Argument list too long
> make[1]: [bootstrap-clean] Error 126 (ignored)
> 
> somewhat later the build complains about not knowing the function 
> define-mail-user-agent and the build stops. Emacs warns about loading
> .elc files with newer .el sources but it happily loads the old ones. 

Hi Immanuel,

The problem seems to be just what the error message says: when the
filenames of all the compiled Lisp files are listed, the command line
for sh becomes too long.  Is it possible to shorten the pathnames by
moving the Emacs directory further up in the directory tree or using
shorter names?

There was also a report of a problem with bootstrapping on this list a
little earlier.  But I was able to build without problem the version
around 10:00 (GMT-6:00) on September 15.

Andrew.

Re: building macosx

[Luc Teirlinck]

Andrew Choi wrote:

   There was also a report of a problem with bootstrapping on this list a
   little earlier.  But I was able to build without problem the version
   around 10:00 (GMT-6:00) on September 15.

I was able to build on September 15 too.  But I somehow wanted to
update the next evening (September 16) to include some recent changes.
That is when the problem I reported yesterday, and Bob Halley reported
in more detail today, occurred.  I tried again a few moments ago.  The
problem still occurs.  Like Bob, I am using Red Hat.  Has anybody else
been able to build the latest CVS today?  Is this a Red Hat specific
problem?  Bob already tried using a more up to date gcc version,
without success.

Sincerely,

Luc.

Re: building macosx

[Andrew Choi]

> building emacs on macos 10.1 gives the following error:
> 
> rm -f /Users/immanuel/workspace/UnixSource/Emacs/emacs-cvs/emacs/lisp/*.elc /Users/immanuel/workspace/UnixSource/Emacs/emacs-cvs/emacs/lisp/*/*.elc
> /bin/sh: /usr/local/bin/rm: Argument list too long
> make[1]: [bootstrap-clean] Error 126 (ignored)
> 
> somewhat later the build complains about not knowing the function 
> define-mail-user-agent and the build stops. Emacs warns about loading
> .elc files with newer .el sources but it happily loads the old ones. 

Oh, I misunderstood Immanuel's reason for posting.  He suggests that
the error of failing to remove the old compiled Lisp files should not
be ignored, because the build will then proceed using the old compiled
Lisp files.

There is a `-' in front of the rm command in lisp/Makefile.  I'm not
familiar enough with the build process to just go ahead and remove it.
Is there a reason for it to be there?

Re: building macosx

[Richard Stallman]

    > building emacs on macos 10.1 gives the following error:
    > 
    > rm -f /Users/immanuel/workspace/UnixSource/Emacs/emacs-cvs/emacs/lisp/*.elc /Users/immanuel/workspace/UnixSource/Emacs/emacs-cvs/emacs/lisp/*/*.elc
    > /bin/sh: /usr/local/bin/rm: Argument list too long
    > make[1]: [bootstrap-clean] Error 126 (ignored)

Maybe we can do something to shorten these names by changing the
makefile so that it uses relative names instead of making them
absolute.

Does this fix the whole problem?

*** Makefile.in.~1.34.~	Thu Mar 28 12:58:44 2002
--- Makefile.in	Tue Sep 17 17:59:39 2002
***************
*** 278,284 ****
  
  bootstrap-clean:
  	if test -x $(EMACS); then $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) autoloads; fi
! 	-rm -f $(lisp)/*.elc $(lisp)/*/*.elc
  
  # Generate/update files for the bootstrap process.
  
--- 278,284 ----
  
  bootstrap-clean:
  	if test -x $(EMACS); then $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) autoloads; fi
! 	cd $(lisp); rm -f *.elc */*.elc
  
  # Generate/update files for the bootstrap process.