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[feature/native-comp]; When invoking a symlink to the 'emacs' binary Emacs fails to start

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#44128: closed ([feature/native-comp]; When invoking a symlink
 to the 'emacs' binary Emacs fails to start)
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 14:53:02 +0000

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From: Jonas Bernoulli <jonas <at> bernoul.li>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org, Andrea Corallo <akrl <at> sdf.org>
Subject: [feature/native-comp] 
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 23:58:59 +0200

Hello Andrea

[We talked about this briefly on Twitter;
 https://twitter.com/magit_emacs/status/1313534891506757635.]

When running gccemacs from the git repository without installing but by
using a symlink like e.g. /usr/local/bin/emacs -> ~/git/emacs/src/emacs,
then that results in an error like:

  emacs: /usr/local/bin/../native-lisp/<snip>.eln: cannot open shared
  object file: No such file or directory

You mentioned that this happens because code in pdump[er].c just relies
on invocation-directory and that you are wonder whether symlinks should
be followed to address this.

  I think they should. :D
  Please have a look.
  Thanks!
  Jonas

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Jonas Bernoulli <jonas <at> bernoul.li>
Cc: 44128-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 47800-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 psainty <at> orcon.net.nz, wilde <at> sha-bang.de, dario.gjorgjevski <at> gmail.com,
 akrl <at> sdf.org
Subject: Re: bug#47800: bug#44128: [feature/native-comp] When invoking a
 symlink to the 'emacs' binary Emacs fails to start
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 17:52:02 +0300

> >> This time it compiled; but with the following warnings, and
> >> when I run it from the installed location (whether using the
> >> absolute path or a symlink) I get a seg fault / core dump:
> >
> > Sorry about that.  Next try, please.
> 
> Now it works for me too.
> Thanks!

Thanks, so I think we can close this issue now.  Thanks to everybody
who reported their results and tried my buggy code.

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