bug#61171: 30.0.50; macos build can't find native lisp folder

[Andrea Corallo]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> [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.

Hello all,

should we close this bug or is there something that should be done?

Best Regards

  Andrea