From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@member.fsf.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Directory structure changes in Emacs installed on MS-Windows
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:19:21 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvd2u986br.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83d2u9fr4a.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:06:45 +0300")
> It would be important if it were true, but I don't think it's true.
> The way epaths.h is generated from epaths.in on Posix platforms leaves
> the root of the Emacs installation tree (specified via --prefix)
> hard-coded into the binary, and Emacs (AFAIK) currently doesn't
> support relocation of the installation tree on Posix systems.
> By contrast, on Windows relocation is a matter of routine. So I cannot
> use the epaths-force target of the top-level Makefile anyway.
FWIW, such a relocation issue came up with the NS port, and as
I pointed out back then, it would be better to do it once and for all
uniformly, i.e. also do that relocation for posix platforms.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-04-05 13:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-04-04 17:45 Directory structure changes in Emacs installed on MS-Windows Eli Zaretskii
2013-04-04 22:51 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-04-04 23:03 ` Stephen Leake
2013-04-05 6:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-04-05 8:48 ` chad
2013-04-05 9:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-04-05 13:19 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2013-04-05 14:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-04-05 15:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-04-05 15:20 ` Glenn Morris
2013-04-05 17:32 ` chad
2013-04-04 23:16 ` Andy Moreton
2013-04-05 6:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
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