GNU bug report logs - #16772
Failure in "make install" on MS-Windows

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 21:42:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 16772 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 16772 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#16772: Failure in "make install" on MS-Windows
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 21:20:16 -0500

Juanma Barranquero wrote:

> Which directory is current when the "/bin/install ... README.32"
> command is executed?

I guess he's doing an out-of-tree build.
Prob you want

$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/README.W32 ...


But why is this file being installed anyway?
Eg a POSIX build does not install the top-level README anywhere.
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