Re: tramp 2.1.4 install problem - bug or mis-configured?

[Michael Albinus]

Paul Lew <address@hidden> writes:

> When I specify the install dir with:
>
>     make install prefix=$tools/kit/tramp-2.1.4/auto/insbu-cnstools
>
> It executed with:
>     ...
>     mkdir -p /auto/insbu-cnstools/share/emacs/site-lisp
>     install -m644 trampver.el tramp.el tramp-cache.el tramp-smb.el
>                 tramp-util.el tramp-uu.el tramp-vc.el tramp-ftp.el
>                 trampver.elc tramp.elc tramp-cache.elc tramp-smb.elc
>                 tramp-util.elc tramp-uu.elc tramp-vc.elc
>                 tramp-ftp.elc
>                 /auto/insbu-cnstools/share/emacs/site-lisp
>
> instead of the prefix specified on the make install command line.

You are right, Tramp 2.1.4 has changed its behaviour here. ${prefix}
isn't used anymore in the makefiles, it is expanded already during the
configure step. Instead of, you might use lispdir=... and
infodir=... (or rerun ./configure with another prefix).

> Is this a bug?  The previous 2.1.3 has no such problem.

It's the question. At least the change was _intended_ due to another
problem. And the Tramp documentation does not speak about setting a
${prefix} variable during make IIRC. So I would'nt regard it as a
bug. But if people insist in this "feature" ...

> Thanks in advance.

Best regards, Michael.