GNU bug report logs - #18955
Makefile:382: recipe for target 'src' failed

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alexander Shukaev <haroogan <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 16:44:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #127 received at 18955 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Alexander Shukaev <haroogan <at> gmail.com>, 18955 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18955: Makefile:382: recipe for target 'src' failed
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 02:17:57 -0500

Glenn Morris wrote:

> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
>> I don't know why we keep macuvs.h in the repository; Glenn, can you
>> answer that?
>
> I didn't actually know that we did! :)

I guess it is because there is a circularity:

generating macuvs.h requires an Emacs binary, but (on OS X) compiling an
Emacs binary requires macuvs.h. I imagine it could be changed, with some
sleight of hand - patches welcome.
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