Re: run-in-place needs support
>>>> "SL" == SL Baur <steve(a)xemacs.org>
writes:
SL> nbecker <nbecker(a)fred.net> writes in xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org:
> You can simply run-in-place. The problem is, to complete the job
we
> need a new target:
SL> ...
> Otherwise you won't have utils like gnuclient on your path.
SL> We were discussing this earlier. I think XEmacs *should* add this
SL> stuff to the run-time path.
SL> I'm not sure what the point of a install target for run-in-place is.
SL> It's my normal mode of operation and I typically keep the built trees
SL> in fixed locations so I can add them to my WM menus.
You run-in-place because you're just building/installing on one
machine, so make install is pointless. Now you want to use it. So
you symlink /usr/local/bin/xemacs -> ..../src/xemacs. That's fine,
but what about gnuclient, etags, etc? Seems to me it makes perfect
sense that you want symlinks for them too.
Is run-in-place supposed to be useful? If so, should gnuclient work?
If so you either have symlinks or else add lots of strange stuff to
your path. I think most people (or at least many) would prefer the
symlinks.