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

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Message #43 received at 44128 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>
Cc: jonas <at> bernoul.li, 44128 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eli <at> gnu.org, akrl <at> sdf.org
Subject: Re: bug#44128: [feature/native-comp]
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 17:42:33 +0300

> Cc: akrl <at> sdf.org, jonas <at> bernoul.li, 44128 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eli <at> gnu.org
> From: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>
> Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2021 02:05:42 +1200
> 
> $ cd /tmp
> 
> $ ls emacs
> ls: cannot access 'emacs': No such file or directory
> 
> $ command -v emacs
> /home/phil/bin/emacs
> 
> $ emacs --version
> emacs: could not resolve realpath of "emacs": No such file or directory
> 
> $ touch emacs
> 
> $ emacs --version
> emacs: /tmp/../native-lisp/28.0.50-abd7aa58/preloaded/window-0d1b8b93-581f9fcd.eln: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

That's Emacs trying to see if it is run uninstalled, so I see no
problem here.  What exactly do you think is wrong with this, again?

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