Greetings!  OK, please try it now, think this is done too.

Take care,

Gabriel Dos Reis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hi Camm,
> 
> I'm experiencing a problem when installing GCL-2.6.8pre in a custom prefix.
> 
> Here are the details:
> 
> * check out cvs GCL-2.6.8pre
> 
> * configure --prefix=$HOME
> 
> * make # works fine
> 
> * make install # troublesome
> 
> the install fails with the following error:
> 
> chmod a+x /home/gdr/lib/gcl-2.6.8/gcl-tk/gcltksrv ; fi
> if test "/usr/share/emacs/21.3/site-lisp" != "" ; then (cd elisp ; make 
> install DESTDIR=) ; fi
> make[2]: Entering directory `/media/usbdisk_2/software.src/GCL/2.6.8pre/elisp'
> mkdir -p /usr/share/emacs/21.3/site-lisp
> cp *.el /usr/share/emacs/21.3/site-lisp
> cp: cannot create regular file 
> `/usr/share/emacs/21.3/site-lisp/add-default.el': Permission denied
> cp: cannot create regular file `/usr/share/emacs/21.3/site-lisp/ansi-doc.el': 
> Permission denied
> cp: cannot create regular file `/usr/share/emacs/21.3/site-lisp/dbl.el': 
> Permission denied
> cp: cannot create regular file 
> `/usr/share/emacs/21.3/site-lisp/doc-to-texi.el': Permission denied
> cp: cannot create regular file `/usr/share/emacs/21.3/site-lisp/gcl.el': 
> Permission denied
> cp: cannot create regular file 
> `/usr/share/emacs/21.3/site-lisp/man1-to-texi.el': Permission denied
> cp: cannot create regular file 
> `/usr/share/emacs/21.3/site-lisp/smart-complete.el': Permission denied
> cp: cannot create regular file `/usr/share/emacs/21.3/site-lisp/sshell.el': 
> Permission denied
> 
> 
> The problem seems to be that GCL wants to install elisp files in
> $(EMACS_SITE_LISP).  User installing GCL (like me, or as part of another
> package like Axiom) may not have write permission to that directory.
> Any particular reason why the elisp files are not installed in
> $(prefix)/share/emacs for example?
> 
> -- Gaby
> 
> 
> 

-- 
Camm Maguire                                            [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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