From unknown Mon Jun 23 23:54:33 2025 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Subject: bug#3589: 23.0.94; [NS/Cocoa] Emacs doesn't work when symlinked Reply-To: Ian Eure , 3589@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-From: Ian Eure Resent-To: bug-submit-list@lists.donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:25:05 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 3589 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool by submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B.124516898417836 (code B ref -1); Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:25:05 +0000 Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 16 Jun 2009 16:16:24 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=4.0 tests=AWL,FOURLA autolearn=no version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n5GGGIKG017824 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:16:19 -0700 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MGbKc-0002d5-7z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:16:18 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55293 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MGbKb-0002cm-Ni for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:16:17 -0400 Received: from mail.digg.com ([64.191.203.36]:42966) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MGbKb-0007Ku-6R for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:16:17 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.digg.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30D67A85B4A for ; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:16:15 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at Received: from mail.digg.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.digg.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 1l3Jb4em0oSa for ; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:16:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.2.16.122] (diggstage01.digg.com [64.191.203.34]) by mail.digg.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77084A85B46 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:16:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: From: Ian Eure To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.935.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v935.3) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:16:14 -0700 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) On OS X, if you create a symlink to the Emacs binary and run it, Emacs fails to start: -- snip -- ieure!electron:~$ ln -s /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs emacs ieure!electron:~$ ./emacs Warning: arch-dependent data dir (/Users/ieure/Projects/emacs/nextstep/ Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/libexec/emacs/23.0.94/i386-apple- darwin9.7.0/) does not exist. Cannot open load file: encoded-kb ieure!electron:~$ -- snip -- The data dir is the in directory I built Emacs from. In GNU Emacs 23.0.94.1 (i386-apple-darwin9.7.0, NS apple-appkit-949.46) of 2009-06-16 on neutron.local Windowing system distributor `Apple', version 10.3.949 configured using `configure '--with-ns'' Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: nil value of $XMODIFIERS: nil locale-coding-system: nil default-enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: ERC Minor modes in effect: erc-track-mode: t erc-track-minor-mode: t erc-spelling-mode: t flyspell-mode: t erc-ring-mode: t erc-pcomplete-mode: t erc-netsplit-mode: t erc-match-mode: t erc-button-mode: t erc-fill-mode: t erc-autojoin-mode: t erc-irccontrols-mode: t erc-noncommands-mode: t erc-readonly-mode: t erc-scrolltobottom-mode: t which-function-mode: t shell-dirtrack-mode: t ime-bindings: t show-paren-mode: t recentf-mode: t iswitchb-mode: t cua-mode: t auto-insert-mode: t tooltip-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t global-auto-composition-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t size-indication-mode: t column-number-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t abbrev-mode: t Recent input: Recent messages: Mark set For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. 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(dpc6745214221.direcpc.com [67.45.214.221]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id m28sm4059942waf.2.2009.07.23.07.49.59 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:50:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: From: Adrian Robert To: 3589@debbugs.gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v935.3) Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:49:52 -0400 Cc: Ian Eure X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.935.3) http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3589 It may be this will only work if --disable-ns-self-contained is given to the configure and the lisp is installed. Could you please try? thanks. From unknown Mon Jun 23 23:54:33 2025 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.427 (Entity 5.427) X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com From: help-debbugs@gnu.org (Emacs bug Tracking System) To: Ian Eure Subject: bug#3589 closed by Adrian Robert (Re: 23.0.94; [NS/Cocoa] Emacs doesn't work when symlinked) Message-ID: References: X-Emacs-PR-Message: they-closed 3589 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs,ns Reply-To: 3589@debbugs.gnu.org Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:00:09 +0000 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------=_1253311209-11288-1" This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1253311209-11288-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report which was filed against the emacs,ns package: #3589: 23.0.94; [NS/Cocoa] Emacs doesn't work when symlinked It has been closed by Adrian Robert . Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate message then please contact Adrian Robert by replying to this email. --=20 3589: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D3589 Emacs Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems ------------=_1253311209-11288-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at 3589-done) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 18 Sep 2009 21:52:42 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. 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(dpc6745214221.direcpc.com [67.45.214.221]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 7sm420596qwb.40.2009.09.18.14.52.35 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:52:39 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Cc: Ian Eure Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Adrian Robert Subject: Re: 23.0.94; [NS/Cocoa] Emacs doesn't work when symlinked Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:54:07 -0400 To: 3589-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753.1) I looked at the code (won't work) and also tried TextEdit with a symlink (also doesn't work). I don't think it will work with disable- self-contained either. Since TextEdit fails, I'm assuming app bundles working with a symlink just isn't expected under OS X and I'm closing the bug. http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3589 ------------=_1253311209-11288-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 16 Jun 2009 16:16:24 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=4.0 tests=AWL,FOURLA autolearn=no version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n5GGGIKG017824 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:16:19 -0700 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MGbKc-0002d5-7z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:16:18 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55293 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MGbKb-0002cm-Ni for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:16:17 -0400 Received: from mail.digg.com ([64.191.203.36]:42966) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MGbKb-0007Ku-6R for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:16:17 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.digg.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30D67A85B4A for ; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:16:15 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at Received: from mail.digg.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.digg.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 1l3Jb4em0oSa for ; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:16:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.2.16.122] (diggstage01.digg.com [64.191.203.34]) by mail.digg.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77084A85B46 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:16:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: From: Ian Eure To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.935.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v935.3) Subject: 23.0.94; [NS/Cocoa] Emacs doesn't work when symlinked Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:16:14 -0700 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) On OS X, if you create a symlink to the Emacs binary and run it, Emacs fails to start: -- snip -- ieure!electron:~$ ln -s /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs emacs ieure!electron:~$ ./emacs Warning: arch-dependent data dir (/Users/ieure/Projects/emacs/nextstep/ Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/libexec/emacs/23.0.94/i386-apple- darwin9.7.0/) does not exist. Cannot open load file: encoded-kb ieure!electron:~$ -- snip -- The data dir is the in directory I built Emacs from. In GNU Emacs 23.0.94.1 (i386-apple-darwin9.7.0, NS apple-appkit-949.46) of 2009-06-16 on neutron.local Windowing system distributor `Apple', version 10.3.949 configured using `configure '--with-ns'' Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: nil value of $XMODIFIERS: nil locale-coding-system: nil default-enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: ERC Minor modes in effect: erc-track-mode: t erc-track-minor-mode: t erc-spelling-mode: t flyspell-mode: t erc-ring-mode: t erc-pcomplete-mode: t erc-netsplit-mode: t erc-match-mode: t erc-button-mode: t erc-fill-mode: t erc-autojoin-mode: t erc-irccontrols-mode: t erc-noncommands-mode: t erc-readonly-mode: t erc-scrolltobottom-mode: t which-function-mode: t shell-dirtrack-mode: t ime-bindings: t show-paren-mode: t recentf-mode: t iswitchb-mode: t cua-mode: t auto-insert-mode: t tooltip-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t global-auto-composition-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t size-indication-mode: t column-number-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t abbrev-mode: t Recent input: Recent messages: Mark set For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. 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