GNU bug report logs - #32763
26.1; emacs-module.h isn't installed with Emacs for module development

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Vasilij Schneidermann <v.schneidermann <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 26.1; emacs-module.h isn't installed with Emacs for module development
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 20:08:10 +0200

I've recently developed a simple module and ran into a surprising issue
with the skeleton: I couldn't locate the emacs-module.h in my system
matching the Emacs installation the module is compiled against.  I
eventually gave up and just bundled the emacs-module.h from a Git
checkout with my module's source code.  It makes up for most of the code
in the project.

This is far from ideal.  If I give an Emacs user the source code of a
module without that header file, they can't easily compile it for their
system.  This severely hamper a workflow where a package manager would
be extended to handle module compilation as I haven't found other Emacs
modules bundling the header file.  Is this an oversight in the
installation process or a deliberate design decision?

Message #10 received at 32763 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Vasilij Schneidermann <v.schneidermann <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 32763 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32763: 26.1;
 emacs-module.h isn't installed with Emacs for module development
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 21:33:06 +0300

merge 32763 31929
thanks

> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 20:08:10 +0200
> From: Vasilij Schneidermann <v.schneidermann <at> gmail.com>
> 
> I've recently developed a simple module and ran into a surprising issue
> with the skeleton: I couldn't locate the emacs-module.h in my system
> matching the Emacs installation the module is compiled against.  I
> eventually gave up and just bundled the emacs-module.h from a Git
> checkout with my module's source code.  It makes up for most of the code
> in the project.

Yes, this is bug#31929.  The header should be installed by "make install"
into the system header file's tree.

> Is this an oversight in the installation process or a deliberate
> design decision?

Oversight.

Message #15 received at 32763 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Vasilij Schneidermann <v.schneidermann <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 32763 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32763: 26.1; emacs-module.h isn't installed with Emacs for
 module development
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 13:11:41 +0200

> Oversight.

Alright, thanks. Feel free to close the ticket if this hasn't been done
by the merge already.

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