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bug#15260: cannot build in a directory with non-ascii characters
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#15260: cannot build in a directory with non-ascii characters |
Date: |
Fri, 25 Oct 2013 17:25:05 +0300 |
> From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
> Cc: 15260@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:35:15 -0400
>
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
> > case "$var" in
> > *[[^\ -~]]*) AC_MSG_ERROR([Emacs cannot be built or installed in a
> > directory whose name contains non-ASCII characters: $var]) ;;
> > esac
> >
> > This is quite drastic.
>
> I don't think so. The alternative is a cryptic failure during the build stage.
>
> > Do we understand what is the underlying technical reason for the
> > build failures?
>
> Something to do with failure to find files, just as it was 6 years ago.
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-05/msg00984.html
>
> The immediate problem for me is a dump failure:
>
> Finding pointers to doc strings...
> Finding pointers to doc strings...done
> Dumping under the name emacs
> emacs: Can't open /path/to/non-ascii/src/temacs for reading: No such file
> or directory
> make[1]: *** [bootstrap-emacs] Error 1
Does the change below help?
> Why not make a non-ASCII directory and try it yourself...
It requires too much setup on my part (this cannot be simulated on
Windows without too much hassle). But I will do that if there's no
easier way. I just thought that some analysis has been done already.
=== modified file 'src/emacs.c'
--- src/emacs.c 2013-10-20 16:47:42 +0000
+++ src/emacs.c 2013-10-25 14:21:47 +0000
@@ -2044,11 +2044,15 @@ You must run Emacs in batch mode in orde
CHECK_STRING (filename);
filename = Fexpand_file_name (filename, Qnil);
+ filename = ENCODE_FILE (filename);
if (!NILP (symfile))
{
CHECK_STRING (symfile);
if (SCHARS (symfile))
- symfile = Fexpand_file_name (symfile, Qnil);
+ {
+ symfile = Fexpand_file_name (symfile, Qnil);
+ symfile = ENCODE_FILE (symfile);
+ }
}
tem = Vpurify_flag;
- bug#15260: cannot build in a directory with non-ascii characters, Glenn Morris, 2013/10/23
- bug#15260: cannot build in a directory with non-ascii characters, Eli Zaretskii, 2013/10/24
- bug#15260: cannot build in a directory with non-ascii characters, Glenn Morris, 2013/10/24
- bug#15260: cannot build in a directory with non-ascii characters,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#15260: cannot build in a directory with non-ascii characters, Glenn Morris, 2013/10/25
- bug#15260: cannot build in a directory with non-ascii characters, Eli Zaretskii, 2013/10/25
- bug#15260: cannot build in a directory with non-ascii characters, Glenn Morris, 2013/10/25
- bug#15260: cannot build in a directory with non-ascii characters, Eli Zaretskii, 2013/10/25
- bug#15260: cannot build in a directory with non-ascii characters, Eli Zaretskii, 2013/10/25
- bug#15260: cannot build in a directory with non-ascii characters, Eli Zaretskii, 2013/10/26
- bug#15260: cannot build in a directory with non-ascii characters, Glenn Morris, 2013/10/26
- bug#15260: cannot build in a directory with non-ascii characters, Eli Zaretskii, 2013/10/26
- bug#15260: cannot build in a directory with non-ascii characters, Eli Zaretskii, 2013/10/26
- bug#15260: cannot build in a directory with non-ascii characters, Eli Zaretskii, 2013/10/27