GNU bug report logs - #28264
Accessing source directory through symlink produces false warnings

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 18:26:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.0.50

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 28264 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: bug#28264: Accessing source directory through symlink produces false warnings
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 14:25:20 -0400

Package: emacs
Version: 26.0.50

Current master (cd0360f) on rhel7.

Emacs sources are in (eg) /tmp/emacs/git/master
cd ~
ln -s /tmp/emacs/git/master
~/master/src/emacs -Q

This results in the following new, spurious warnings:
    
    Warning: arch-dependent data dir '/:/tmp/emacs/git/master/lib-src/':
       No such file or directory
    Warning: Lisp directory '/:/tmp/emacs/git/master/lisp':
       No such file or directory
    
I would suspect recent changes to file name / symlink handling.
This bug report was last modified 7 years and 350 days ago.

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