Re: [issue] XEmacs 21.5 can't find packages
"Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen(a)xemacs.org> writes:
I guess I'd be more comfortable phrasing that as "XEmacs
should have
an option that all search paths are computed relative to the running
instance (including environmental information like effective UID)". I
don't have a good compact phrase, maybe "no absolute paths" does the
trick?
I'm totally amenable to that, but it's not what --with-prefix=no does -
that does exactly what it advertises, namely:
--with-prefix=no Don't compile the value for `prefix' into the
executable.
Also, I'm not clear on this "absence of other options."
What are the
semantics of "--with-prefix=no --with-system-packages=/usr/share/xemacs"?
Would it be possible/a good idea to make --with-prefix=no conflict
with options (including --with-*-packages) that specify search paths?
All other absolutely specified paths *will* get compiled in. And no, we
don't want it to conflict, because that would prevent you from doing
what you were trying to do do. (You should do --with-prefix=no
--with-late-packages=<...>, if I understand your goal correctly.)
> So I'm all in favor of changing Installation not to lie.
It's easy
> enough to tell configure to look for packages via the numerous
> --with-XXX-packages options to configure.
"Easy"? I can never remember the syntax. :-P It's certainly
"flexible" enough though! :-)
:-)
Hints on what kind of info make it easier are appreciated.
--
Regards,
Mike
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