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: 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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