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bug#59532: 28.2; Unable to build emacs with tree-sitter installed
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#59532: 28.2; Unable to build emacs with tree-sitter installed |
Date: |
Sun, 04 Dec 2022 12:03:39 +0200 |
> From: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol@posteo.net>
> Cc: 59532@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022 07:59:21 +0000
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> >> From: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol@posteo.net>
> >> Cc: 59532@debbugs.gnu.org
> >> Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 10:47:08 +0000
> >>
> >> > Then I think you need to tweak tree-sitter's Makefile, or use "make
> >> > install
> >> > PREFIX=/SOME/DIRECTORY", to install the shared libraries and header files
> >> > where the rest of them are installed on your system. In any case, so
> >> > that
> >> > the shared libraries end up in a directory that the dynamic linker scans
> >> > for
> >> > shared libraries on your system.
> >>
> >> Yes, of course I can do that but it seems weird that ./configure locate
> >> these files and make doesn't, isn't it?
> >
> > The configure script doesn't run any programs, it only tries to compile and
> > link them. By contrast, the build process does run Emacs, and that requires
> > to find the library (if the Lisp code processed by temacs needs to call the
> > library).
>
> So the documentation in emacs/admin/notes/tree-sitter/starter-guide is
> wrong (* Building Emacs with tree-sitter).
It is not wrong, it just assumes a well-configured system, where shared
libraries live in a sensible place.