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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Vasilij Schneidermann <v.schneidermann <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 18:09:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Merged with 31929, 33228

Found in versions 26.1, 27.0.50

Fixed in versions 26.2, 27.1

Done: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Vasilij Schneidermann <v.schneidermann <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 32763 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: 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.
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