Unable to build with /gnu/bin/emacs

Unable to build with /gnu/bin/emacs

[Karl Eichwalder]

I'm unable to build Gnus with Emacs (CVS HEAD) installed in /gnu/bin:

PATH=/gnu/bin:$PATH ./configure --prefix=/gnu \
  --with-url=/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/url \
  --with-emacs=/gnu/bin/emacs

checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for makeinfo... makeinfo
checking for emacs... /gnu/bin/emacs
checking if /gnu/bin/emacs is really XEmacs... cat: ./conftest-28855: No such file or directory

checking where .elc files should go... $(datadir)/emacs/site-lisp
checking where etc files should go... $(lispdir)/../etc
checking where the TeXinfo docs should go... $(prefix)/info
checking for acceptable URL version... cat: ./conftest-28855: No such file or directory
"/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/url"
checking for acceptable W3 version... cat: ./conftest-28855: No such file or directory
"no"

Wondering why configure tests for XEmacs even when saying I want to
build with Emacs...

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Re: Unable to build with /gnu/bin/emacs

[Karl Eichwalder]

Karl Eichwalder <keichwa@gmx.net> writes:

> PATH=/gnu/bin:$PATH ./configure --prefix=/gnu \
>   --with-url=/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/url \
>   --with-emacs=/gnu/bin/emacs
>
> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking for makeinfo... makeinfo
> checking for emacs... /gnu/bin/emacs
> checking if /gnu/bin/emacs is really XEmacs... cat: ./conftest-28855: No such file or directory
Stupid me!  I managed to damage my ~/.abbrev_defs file ;-(((  After
fixing the the syntax error I was able to compile Gnus as usual.

[Wondering why ./configure resp. 'emacs -q' does care about my
.abbrev_defs file?  It seems to read, but not to eval it.  Strange.]

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