Subject: --chdir causes abort when running uninstalled

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:50:20 -0400

Package: emacs
Version: 24.3

Configure Emacs to install in a prefix that does not yet exist.
Build, but do not install.
./src/emacs -Q
   works fine

./src/emacs -Q --chdir /tmp 
   fails to find simple.el and aborts