From unknown Fri Aug 15 15:33:13 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#17278 <17278@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#17278 <17278@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: 24.3.90; cannot build with a colon in the directory name Reply-To: bug#17278 <17278@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 22:33:13 +0000 retitle 17278 24.3.90; cannot build with a colon in the directory name reassign 17278 emacs submitter 17278 Nicolas Richard severity 17278 important thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Apr 16 17:27:03 2014 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Apr 2014 21:27:03 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49989 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WaXMD-0001gl-Sz for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:27:02 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:51291) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WaXM8-0001g9-H5 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:26:57 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WaXLt-00034H-IH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:26:51 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:39317) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WaXLt-00033s-G1 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:26:41 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52991) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WaXLl-0005bc-Ua for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:26:41 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WaXLe-0002cK-Ek for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:26:33 -0400 Received: from mxin.ulb.ac.be ([164.15.128.112]:57965) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WaXLe-0002ZI-87 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:26:26 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AhYKAAf1TlOkD4Xx/2dsb2JhbABZhyqmaASCWgGTS4RNdIJPgQsCBSECEQGIRwEUl1WPHVGbAAGHPheBKYY2hyCCWYFJBJ8ljAqDMzs Received: from mathsrv4.ulb.ac.be (HELO geodiff-mac3.ulb.ac.be) ([164.15.133.241]) by smtp.ulb.ac.be with ESMTP; 16 Apr 2014 23:26:24 +0200 From: Nicolas Richard To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Subject: 24.3.90; cannot build with a colon in the directory name Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 23:26:58 +0200 Message-ID: <87ppkhklst.fsf@geodiff-mac3.ulb.ac.be> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) I tried to build emacs in a directory named "emacs:forever" (well initially it was a directory named emacs-2014-04-16-22:22) and it failed with the following error : if test "no" =3D "yes"; then \ rm -f bootstrap-emacs; \ ln temacs bootstrap-emacs; \ else \ ./temacs --batch --load loadup bootstrap || exit 1; \ test "X/sbin/paxctl" =3D X || /sbin/paxctl -zex emacs; \ mv -f emacs bootstrap-emacs; \ fi Warning: arch-independent data dir `/usr/local/share/emacs/24.3.90/etc/': Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type Warning: Lisp directory `forever/lisp': Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type Error: charsets directory not found: /usr/local/share/emacs/24.3.90/etc/charsets Emacs will not function correctly without the character map files. Please check your installation! make [1]: *** [bootstrap-emacs] Erreur 1 make [1] : on quitte le r=C3=A9pertoire =C2=AB /home/youngfrog/sources/running-emacs:forever/src =C2=BB make: *** [src] Erreur 2 In epaths.h, there's a #define PATH_DUMPLOADSEARCH "/home/youngfrog/sources/running-emacs:forever/= lisp" which is used in lread.c to define Vload_path via decode_env_path, and that makes the problem above. In GNU Emacs 24.3.90.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2014-04-16 on geodiff-mac3 System Description: Gentoo Base System release 2.2 Configured using: `configure --with-x-toolkit=3Dlucid --enable-checkings 'CFLAGS=3D -O0 -g3'' --=20 Nico. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Jun 20 12:09:51 2014 Received: (at 17278-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Jun 2014 16:09:51 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54903 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Wy1Nq-0004ve-PD for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:09:51 -0400 Received: from smtp.cs.ucla.edu ([131.179.128.62]:35369) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Wy1Nj-0004vM-LV for 17278-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:09:44 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id C089DA60011; Fri, 20 Jun 2014 09:09:33 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at smtp.cs.ucla.edu Received: from smtp.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id J-dKLzwIBQtP; Fri, 20 Jun 2014 09:09:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.9] (pool-108-0-233-62.lsanca.fios.verizon.net [108.0.233.62]) by smtp.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8E5ABA60012; Fri, 20 Jun 2014 09:09:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <53A45CB4.40103@cs.ucla.edu> Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 09:09:24 -0700 From: Paul Eggert Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nicolas Richard Subject: Re: 24.3.90; cannot build with a colon in the directory name Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 17278-done Cc: 17278-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) Thanks for reporting that. We can't support directory names containing ":", due to the syntax for directory paths, but we can output a better message when building Emacs, to warn you about the problem, so I did that in Emacs trunk bzr 117372. From unknown Fri Aug 15 15:33:13 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 11:24:05 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator