GNU bug report logs - #12123
relocatable installation

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 17:06:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.1

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Message #38 received at 12123 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 12123 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, yandros <at> MIT.EDU, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu
Subject: Re: bug#12123:
Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2013 22:02:37 -0400

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> Code in emacs.c that sets invocation-directory relies on argv[0] to
> either be an absolute file name, or relative to cwd, or a base name
> without leading directories that can be found on PATH.

As I said, I think this will cover 99.9+% of cases. Anyone trying to do
anything more obscure just doesn't get to use a relocatable Emacs, IMO.
But of course if you want a totally general solution, go ahead.
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