From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Installing Emacs from source: the command `C-h v` for accessing variables doesn't work Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 09:31:24 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1500384727 19083 195.159.176.226 (18 Jul 2017 13:32:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 13:32:07 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 18 15:31:58 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dXSbS-0004KG-Vk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Jul 2017 15:31:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56527 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dXSbY-0004Do-H4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Jul 2017 09:32:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58198) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dXSbI-0004Au-8z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jul 2017 09:31:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dXSbF-00023o-4u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jul 2017 09:31:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=45593 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dXSbE-00023O-UX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jul 2017 09:31:41 -0400 Original-Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dXSb5-0003C1-FY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jul 2017 15:31:31 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 10 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:gBxvtVFsOcuM6K+/OsgG87go2jY= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 195.159.176.226 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:216824 Archived-At: > More importantly, when I try to inspect variables by executing `C-h v`, the > following error message appears in the echo buffer: 'Cannot open load file: > No such file or directory, help-fns'. I'm sure someone else will give you a more definitive answer, but IIRC, the macOS build needs to be installed before it works right. I.e. you need "make install". Stefan