>Number:         23701
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       emacs does not build on NetBSD/amd64-current.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    pkg-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Dec 10 01:46:01 UTC 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Richard Rauch
>Release:        NetBSD/amd64-current
>Organization:
n/a
>Environment:
NetBSD socrates 1.6ZG NetBSD 1.6ZG (GENERIC) #3: Sat Dec  6 11:57:52 CST 2003  root@socrates:/usr/netbsd/current/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/obj.amd64/GENERIC amd64

>Description:
Attempting to build emacs on NetBSD/amd64 fails.

I updated pkgsrc just a couple of days ago, and also searched for old
reports (closed or otherwise) on pkgsrc/emacs.

At least one problem seems to be the absence of a "machine" header;
config.h attempts to include "m/.h":

cc -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/pkg/include -I/usr/local/include -L/usr/pkg/lib -L/usr/local/lib -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../src -I/usr/pkgsrc/editors/emacs/
work.x86_64/emacs-21.3/lib-src -I/usr/pkgsrc/editors/emacs/work.x86_64/emacs-21.3/lib-src/../src -Wl,-z,nocombreloc -L/usr/pkg/lib -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib -L/
usr/X11R6/lib -Wl,-R/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/pkg/include -I/usr/local/include -L/usr/pkg/lib -L/usr/local/lib    -I/us
r/pkg/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -O2 -I/usr/pkg/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -o test-distrib /usr/pkgsrc/editors/emacs/work.x86_64/emacs-21.3/lib-src/t
est-distrib.c
In file included from /usr/pkgsrc/editors/emacs/work.x86_64/emacs-21.3/lib-src/test-distrib.c:23:
../src/config.h:388:25: m/.h: No such file or directory
gmake[1]: *** [test-distrib] Error 1
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/pkgsrc/editors/emacs/work.x86_64/emacs-21.3/lib-src'
gmake: *** [lib-src] Error 2
*** Error code 2

>How-To-Repeat:
On a NetBSD/amd64 system, install pkgsrc and attempt to build emacs from
pkgsrc.
>Fix:
Presumably, with the right information, it would be trivial to write a
machine-dependant header (and perhaps adjust the config script to find
the right one).  I do not have that information.


However, there are at least 4 workarounds:

 * Use emacs running on another machine.  Provided a common filesystem,
   or the ability to transfer files readily...

 * Use xemacs.  I don't care for it as much, and when I tried it, it
   wiped out some of my .emacs config information (sigh).  However,
   xemacs does build and run.

 * vi.

 * ed.


It may be worth mentioning that some GNU/LINUX distributions seem to
have a working version for amd64, but since they prefer binary-only
packages, I haven't yet found their sources.

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