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

[Eli Zaretskii]

tags 61171 notabug
close 61171
thanks

> From: Andrea Corallo <acorallo@gnu.org>
> Cc: Merrick Luo <merrick@luois.me>,  61171@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2023 18:15:15 -0400
> 
> 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?

Closed.