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Compilation problem in xemacs

Bug #493281 reported by Uday Reddy
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VM
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VM 8.1.0

Bug Description

The 8.1 devo version fails to compile in XEmacs. configure produces the output (the relevant section)

checking otherdirs... Reading directory /home/staff/udr/xemacs/vm/8.1/lisp/...
Reading directory /home/staff/udr/xemacs/vm/8.1/lisp/...done

xemacs exiting
.Cannot open load file: conftest.el

The error message "Cannot open load file: conftest.el" ends up being the value of OTHERDIRS in lisp/Makefile, breaking the compilation process.

This problem is not present in 8.0.x.

Related branches

lp://staging/vm
Uday Reddy (reddyuday)
Changed in vm:
importance: Undecided → Critical
status: New → Confirmed
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Uday Reddy (reddyuday) wrote :

Rob and Ulrich, I need your help with this xemacs compilation problem. Can you double check that the following fix makes sense? I don't quite understand the configure files and I am only guessing. -- Uday

=== modified file 'configure.ac'
--- configure.ac 2009-12-04 17:39:55 +0000
+++ configure.ac 2009-12-07 20:10:22 +0000
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
           (add-to-list 'absolutedirs dir)))
       (princ (format "%S" absolutedirs)))
 TEST
- OTHERDIRS=`"${EMACS_PROG}" --no-site-file --batch -L ${srcdir}/lisp -l vm-build.el -l conftest.el`
+ OTHERDIRS=`"${EMACS_PROG}" --no-site-file --batch -l ${srcdir}/lisp/vm-build.el -l conftest.el`
   AC_MSG_RESULT($OTHERDIRS)
   AC_SUBST(OTHERDIRS)
 ])

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Ulrich Müller (ulm) wrote : [Vm] [Bug 493281] Re: Compilation problem in xemacs

> Rob and Ulrich, I need your help with this xemacs compilation problem.
> Can you double check that the following fix makes sense? I don't quite
> understand the configure files and I am only guessing.

The patch looks safe to me. XEmacs doesn't have an -L option, and the
additional dir in the load-path is only needed to find vm-build.el.

Uday Reddy (reddyuday)
Changed in vm:
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
milestone: none → 8.1.0-beta
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