GNU bug report logs - #44128
[feature/native-comp]; When invoking a symlink to the 'emacs' binary Emacs fails to start

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Kent Engström <kent <at> lysator.liu.se>
Cc: 44128 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44128: symlink problem after applying commit 0c1fc9d
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2021 19:04:41 +0300

> From: Kent Engström <kent <at> lysator.liu.se>
> Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2021 09:41:55 +0200
> 
> Kent Engström <kent <at> lysator.liu.se> writes:
> > I use a setup for testing native-comp, where I install to prefix
> > /opt/emacs/native-comp and then symlink as below
> >
> > /opt/emacs ▶ ls -l current
> > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 kent kent 11 Apr 15 11:08 current -> native-comp
> >
> > as I have /opt/emacs/current/bin on my $PATH.
> >
> > After updating to 0c1fc9d, "* Fix native-comp startup for symliked
> > binary (bug#44128)" my emacs startup fails with
> >
> > emacs: could not resolve realpath of "emacs": No such file or directory
> >
> > Checking out the previous commit b064ddd, "Merge remote-tracking branch
> > 'savannah/master' into native-comp" and doing a "make install"
> > gives me a working emacs binary again.
> 
> Just a quick followup: after updating to commit 75c898e, starting emacs
> works again for my setup above.

Great, thanks for testing.

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